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Space Stations

Description: Congress continues to debate NASA's program to build a permanently occupied space station in Earth orbit where astronauts live and conduct research. NASA expects that research performed in the near-zero gravity environment of the space station will result in new discoveries in life sciences, biomedicine, and materials sciences. The program is currently called the International Space Station (ISS); the facility itself does not have a name although individual modules do.
Date: May 16, 2001
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports

Description: Launching satellites into orbit, once the exclusive domain of the U.S. and Soviet governments, today is an industry in which companies in the United States, Europe, China, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, and India compete. In the United States, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) continues to be responsible for launches of its space shuttle, and the Air Force has responsibility for launches associated with U.S. military and intelligence satellites, but all other launches are conduc… more
Date: May 23, 2001
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Space Stations

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Date: December 7, 2001
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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Space Stations

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Date: April 9, 2002
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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Space Stations

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Date: June 19, 2002
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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Space Stations

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Date: August 28, 2002
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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Space Stations

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Date: September 23, 2002
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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Space Stations

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Date: November 22, 2002
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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