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* Newly Discovered Failed Star Added to Stellar Neighborhood

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060322_browndwarf_neighbor.html

A team of astronomers has found a cold object that is neither star nor planet circling a star relatively close to Earth.



* Researchers Rain On Mars' Water Gullies Parade

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060321_mars_water.html

Martian gullies that some scientists believe were recently carved by liquid water might instead be the result of landslides triggered by wind and meteor impacts, scientists say.



Spaceflight:

* First Launch From New Mexico Spaceport Nears

http://www.space.com/news/060323_spaceport_build.html

Work is underway in preparing for the inaugural rocket blastoff from the New Mexico spaceport grounds.



* SpaceX Set for Fourth Attempt at Falcon 1 Rocket Debut

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060323_falcon1_prelaunch.html
After three failed attempts, the private launch firm Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is once more set to debut its Falcon 1 rocket in a Thursday space shot.



* Officials Map Out Test Milestones for Airborne Laser

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/060322_airborne_laser.html

The threat of cancellation no longer looms over the Pentagon's Airborne Laser (ABL) effort, but senior program officials say they are taking nothing for granted as they prepare for a missile-intercept demonstration in 2008.



* ISS Astronauts Prepare for Launch and Landing

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060322_iss_crewchange.html

The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are finalizing plans for their Earth return while a fresh crew and Brazil's first spacefarer prepare to launch toward the orbital laboratory.



* NASA's Space Technology 5 Microsatellite Trio Reaches Orbit

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sfn_060322_pegasus_st5_cntdn.html

Launch countdown coverage of NASA's Space Technology 5 Mission by Spaceflight Now.



* ASTRONOTES: SpaceX Targets March 23 for Falcon 1 Rocket Launch Debut

http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html

Space Exploration Technologies, Inc. (SpaceX) is once more ready for the debut launch of its Falcon 1 rocket, the first in the firm's planned family of commercial boosters.


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