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		<title><![CDATA[Russia, Europe ink deal on new manned spacecraft]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW AFP &#8212; The Russian and European space agencies have signed a deal to build a six-seat manned spacecraft to travel to the Moon, a Russian space official said Wednesday.  Russian space agency Roskosmos and the European Space Agency "on Tuesday signed an accord on the creation of a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arianespace plans bid to launch Galileo satellites: CEO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan AFP &#8212; The European commercial space-launch consortium Arianespace said Saturday it would make a bid to launch 26 satellites from French Guyana to kickstart the European Union's Galileo satellite navigation programme.  The European Parliament on Wednesday signalled its green light for the deployment of Galileo, seen by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In maiden voyage, European space freighter docks with ISS]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOULOUSE, France AFP &#8212; Europe's robot freighter successfully docked on its maiden voyage Thursday with the International Space Station, the European Space Agency ESA announced.  The Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV hooked up with mankind's orbiting outpost at 1445 GMT, prompting cheers and applause to erupt at mission control in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European space freighter in dress rehearsal for ISS hookup]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; Europe's brand-new robot space freighter inched towards the International Space Station ISS on Monday as mission controllers practised emergency manoeuvres ahead of a maiden linkup on Thursday.  Navigating for the first time with a laser-based optical system, the Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV moved to within just...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Europe launches robot space freighter]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOUROU, French Guiana AFP &#8212; The European Space Agency on Sunday carried out the maiden launch of a massive robot freighter designed to rendezvous automatically with the orbital space station.  The Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV, a nearly 20-tonne payload the size of a London double-decker bus, blasted into the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[End of the odyssey for brave space probe Ulysses]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; Ulysses, a US-European space scout that has been orbiting the Sun for 17 years, almost four times its expected lifetime, is on the brink of dying, the European Space Agency ESA said on Friday.  A joint mission between ESA and NASA, Ulysses was launched by space...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Saturnian moon has more energy than Earth&#39;s oil and gas reserves]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; Imagine a place awash with more hydrocarbons than a Texan oilman can dream of and where no one has staked a single claim -- all that energy is just going begging.  The problem: this massive reserve is at least 1.2 billion kilometers (750 million miles) away...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European lab opens at space station]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON, Texas AFP &#8212; Astronauts at the International Space Station Tuesday opened up the new Columbus laboratory, a research facility that gives Europe a key foothold for the deeper exploration of the cosmos.  "There is no problem whatsoever. We have the basic power, the light, the computer system" working...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[3D Mars shows Red Planet in new dimensions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; The European Space Agency ESA on Tuesday unveiled images of Mars in three dimensions to help understand the Red Planet's unique topography.  The Digital Terrain Model DTM pictures have been built up thanks to a high-resolution stereoscopic camera aboard Mars Express, the ESA orbiter.  Mars...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Europe sets launch window for maiden mission of space freighter]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; The European Space Agency ESA on Tuesday said it expected to carry out the maiden launch of a robot supply ship to the orbital space station between February 22 and March 8 or 9.  "The ATV Automated Transfer Vehicle will be launched from the 22nd February...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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