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Science News September 20, 2003	More Mars -- Better than Ever On Aug. 27, Mars and Earth were closer to each other than at any other time in the last 50,000 years. Even as Earth and Mars slowly draw apart, the Red Planet remains a dazzling sight in the night sky. There's still time to take in the view.
Geotimes September 2003 Naomi Lubick	Final mission for Galileo A small, sturdy spacecraft known as Galileo will plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere this Sunday at about 4 p.m. EST, after eight surprisingly productive years of observing the giant gassy planet and its moons.
Science News August 30, 2003 Janet Raloff	Spying Genetically Engineered Crops Environmental Protection Agency scientists are exploring the use of satellites to monitor genetically engineered crops.
PC Magazine July 22, 2003 Sebastian Rupley	Backup Data on the Moon? A California company intends to put servers and databases on the moon -- seriously.
Geotimes August 2003 Tim Palucka	Looking for life in the Atacama Desert A so-called "terrestrial astrobiology" venture is probing the hyper-arid Atacama Desert in Chile to test the limits of life on Earth and to develop instrumentation to search for life on Mars.
Geotimes August 2003 Matt Shindell	Mars Express for geologists Although Mars Express largely relies on old technologies, in many ways replicating past experiments, it can only contribute to an ever-growing body of knowledge about the early history of Mars and its water, and the processes that shape the planet today.
Geotimes July 2003 Matt Shindell	NASA's Opportunity finally knocks Waiting for a NASA launch can sometimes be like waiting for Godot.
Wired July 2003 Carl Hoffman	The Right Stuff Forget cyberspace. Geeks are about to conquer outer space. And the $10 million X Prize is just the beginning.
Geotimes June 2003	NASA cautiously raises "Spirit" to Mars And they're off! Well, one of them is anyway. As far as getting the new Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs) up through the atmosphere and out past the thermosphere is concerned, NASA has hit its half-way mark.
Geotimes May 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	Robotic Field Geologists Take to Mars Next month, the first of two twin robotic geologists will head to the Red Planet, armed with a suite of tools for conducting geology on the harsh Martian surface.
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