NASA's new discovery missions
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The National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) intends to launch new Discovery missions at the start of the 21st century. The launching of Genesis and the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) seeks to gather evidences that will widen man's knowledge on the origin of the universe.
Publication Name: Ad Astra
Subject: Astronomy
ISSN: 1041-102X
Year: 1998
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Fields of dreams: America's growing commercial spaceports
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Space launch complexes are being planned and constructed on desolate lands and off the shores of the US. The most promising sites and the plans being drafted for them are discussed.
Publication Name: Ad Astra
Subject: Astronomy
ISSN: 1041-102X
Year: 1996
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