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Not Just Another Mission: NASA Helps Launch New Education Center in Phoenix
Astronaut Carlos Noriega and Estrella Mountain Community College President Homero Lopez launched a new education era today with the dedication of the NASA Center for Success in Math and Science in Phoenix.

ESA's Integral Satellite Ready For Lift-off From Baikonur
ESA's INTEGRAL (International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) satellite, will be launched by a Proton launcher from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on 17 October at 06:41 CEST (Central European Summer Time).

SEAWIFS Team Wins Pecora Award
The Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) Team will receive the 2000 William T. Pecora Award during ceremonies on October 3, 2002 at the National Space Club's 21st Annual Fall Reception at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

Odd Couple Widely Separated by Time and Space
Appearances can be deceiving. In this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, an odd celestial duo, the spiral galaxy NGC 4319 [center] and a quasar called Markarian 205 [upper right], appear to be neighbors. In reality, the two objects don't even live in the same city. They are separated by  time and space.

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