NASA Mars Odyssey Enters Orbit After Back-to-Back Failures
NASA’s Mars Odyssey successfully entered orbit around Mars after two prior failures in 1999. Engineers at JPL confirmed a burn slowed Odyssey, placing it in an egg-shaped orbit and prompting cheers as it transmitted signals from 93 million miles away.
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Odyssey
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Daniel McCleese
JPL
Canada tops quality rankings in cancer research
Canada leads a new international table ranking cancer research impact from 1995 to 1999. The study, presented at a Federation of European Cancer Societies meeting in Lisbon, shows the United States prolific in volume but fifth in impact, while Canada, the Netherlands, Britain and Australia rank highest in influence.
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Federation of European Cancer Societies
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Francesco Grossi
National Institute For Research On Cancer
Genoa
Davide Mauri
St. Savvas Hospital
Athens
Mauri
Fertilizer Over Mississippi River Not Anthrax, Officials Say
A crop-dusting flight over a Mississippi River coast guard post dropped a mist later identified as fertilizer and not anthrax. One person was hospitalized as a precaution after the Monday flyover. Investigators ruled out anthrax in the towboat case after final tests.
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Coast Guard
Mississippi River
Chris Sparkman
State Agriculture Department
Sparkman
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