MOONDAILY

- SMART-1 Tracks Crater Lichtenberg And Young Lunar Basalts

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Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2006 - This image, taken by the Advanced Moon
Imaging Experiment on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, illustrates a special
pointing mode, the so-called target-tracking mode.

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LAUNCH PAD

- Too Early To Ban Proton-M Launches - Roscosmos

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Moscow, Russia (RIAN) Mar 03, 2006 - Russia's space agency said Thursday there
is no need to ban launches of Proton-M rockets following the recent failure of
the Arabsat 4A communications satellite.

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INDIA NEWS

- US Backs India's Unmanned Lunar Mission

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New Delhi, India (AFP) Mar 02, 2006 - The United States on Thursday offered its
support to India's unmanned mission to the moon which New Delhi has scheduled
for next year or early 2008, a joint statement said. The endorsement came after
delegation-level talks on the sidelines of a summit between Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and US President George W. Bush.