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June 30
- NASA Names Rockets for Moon and Mars Missions
- NASA Chief: Risk Inherent in Shuttle Flight
- NASA Plays Catch-up for Saturday Shuttle Launch
- New Way Suggested to Search for Life on Mars
- Full Recovery Expected for Hubble's Troubled Camera
- Meet the STS-121 Crew: The Third Man
- Asteroid Spotting: Skywatchers to Glimpse Close Flyby
June 29
- NASA Clears Space Shuttle Discovery for Saturday Launch
- Shuttle to Carry Tools for Repair and Remote-Control Landing
- Spectacular Chance to Spot Space Shuttle in Night Sky
- Weather Still a Concern as Shuttle Countdown Continues
- Date of First Launch Set for New Mexico Spaceport
- ET: A New Generation
- Meet the STS-121 Crew: The Rookies
- Why We Must Flee the Planet: The Geometry of Earth is All Wrong
June 28
- Start the Clock: NASA’s Countdown Begins for Space Shuttle Launch
- Discovery's Slow Crawl to the Pad
- Weather Clouds Saturday's Shuttle Launch
- New Era Of Rocket Launches Begins At California Base
- Asteroid Defense: NASA to Formulate Planetary Protection Plan
- Space Shuttle: NASA’s Risky, High-Stakes Gamble
June 27
- Aboard Space Station, Astronauts Wait for STS-121 Crew
- STS-121 Astronaut Crew Arrive at NASA Spaceport
- Meet the STS-121 Crew: The Spacewalkers
- Venus' Double Vortex Confirmed in New Animation
- Heinlein Prize Trust to Honor X Prize Founder, Peter Diamandis
- Flies with the Right Stuff: Shuttle Experiment to Explore Astronaut Immunity
- Meet the STS-121 Crew: The Flyers
June 26
- NASA JSC's Head of Engineering Re-Assigned Days Before STS-121 Launch
- Fresh Russian Cargo Ship Docks at ISS
- Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth July 3
- NASA Solicits Scientists’ Input on Lunar Experiments
- Mini Black Holes Might Reveal 5th Dimension
June 24
- Russian Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station
June 23
- Hubble Telescope's Main Camera Stops Working
- ESA, Russia to Collaborate on New Spacecraft Design
- Dream Chaser: Heritage Hardware, a New Way of Doing Business
- Seeing Double: Where to Find Two Stars for the Price of One
June 22
- Space News for June 22, 2002
- Exploring Mars: A Crater Where Water Ran
- Experimental Military Microsatellites Reach Orbit
- Just the Facts: Three SETI Myths
- UFO Research: Findings vs. Facts
June 21
- NASA Chief Michael Griffin's STS-121 Flight Rationale Explained
- STS-121 Launch Dissent Stemmed From Risk to Shuttle, Not Astronauts
- Pluto's Newest Moons Named Hydra and Nix
- Magnetic Fields Nudge Matter Into Black Holes
- China Tests Radio Tracking For Moon Probe
- Mars, After Dark: Odyssey Spacecraft Paints a Vivid Portrait
June 20
- Military Microsatellites to Test Technologies in Wednesday Launch
- Earth Surrounded by Giant Fizzy Bubbles
- Scientist Targets 2024 for China's First Moon Walk
- New Cosmic Defense Idea: Fight Asteroids with Asteroids
June 19
- NASA’s Chief Engineer, Safety Officer Weigh in on STS-121 Launch Decision
- ISS Astronauts Discard Russian Cargo Ship
- NASA Names Second Female Shuttle Commander
- North Korea’s Missile Launch Site Under Watchful Eyes
- New HDTV Satellite Reaches Orbit
- Kazakhstan Reaches Space in First Satellite Launch
- House Markup Boosts NASA Aeronautics and Science Budgets
- Explosive Debate: Supernova Dust Lost and Found
June 17
- STS-121 Crew To Fly July 1
- Launch Date Expected Today for Space Shuttle Discovery
June 16
- STS-121 Shuttle Commander: 'We're ready.'
- Scanning Alien Skies: The Roving Astronomers of Mars
- Look! Up in the Sky! STS-121 Gets the Superhero Treatment
- NASA Shuttle Managers Discuss STS-121 Launch Plan
- State Spaceports Grow in Number
- The Scales and the Scorpion
- The Slow Sound of a Scream on Mars
June 15
- SOFIA Airborne Observatory Passes Technical Review
- Civil Remote Sensing Craft Launched by Russia
- Neptune Linked to Potential Swarm of Asteroids
- STS-121 Astronauts Practice Launch Abort and Escape Plans
- Exploring Mars: The Snows of Udzha
- Walking into the Past
- Why Space Exploration is Important to the United States
June 14
- NASA Begins Mock Countdown for Next Shuttle Launch
- Supercomputer Takes on a Cosmic Threat
June 13
- STS-121 Crew Arrives at NASA Spaceport for Launch Rehearsal
- Hubble Spies Multiple Star Factories
- Spaceport Singapore: One-Stop Shopping for the Future Space Tourist
- Startling Galactic Highway Found in Milky Way
June 12
- Gas Blob Resembles Gigantic Comet
- NASA Eyes UAVs, Microsats for Measuring Soil Moisture
- Discovery Shuttle Astronauts Ready for STS-121 Mission
- Extreme Galaxies Much Like Our Own
June 10
- Corkscrewing Asteroid Departs Earth's Vicinity
June 9
- Wardrobe for the Weightless: Space Inspires Fashion Show
- Watch Mars and Saturn Converge
- Floating Robotic Spheres: From the Millennium Falcon to the ISS
- Busy Spacewalks on Tap for STS-121 Mission
- Shuttle Discovery ‘Safe to Fly’ July Launch, NASA Says
June 8
- Exploring Mars: Wind-Eroded Sediments in Eastern Meridiani
- Definition of 'Planet' Expected in September
- Mars Analog on Earth: Taking a Trek in the Outback
- Maturity of Farthest Galaxy Cluster Surprises Astronomers
June 7
- Space Adventures Confirms Fourth Space Tourist
- Star's Planets Might Have Mountains of Diamonds
- Mars Science Laboratory: Engineers, Scientists Tackle Challenges
June 6
- Space Advocates Take Message to Congress
- Faulty Electrical Box Won't Delay Discovery Launch
- Andromeda Revealed: New Closeups of Our Galactic Neighbor
June 5
- Report: China’s Military Space Power Growing
- Jovian Storms Prepare To Duke It Out
- Strange New Worlds Could Make Miniature Solar Systems
- Ancient Rock Art Depicts Exploding Star
- AeroAstro Returning to Space With Launch of STPSat-1 This Fall
- Inside Exoplanets: Motley Crew of Worlds Share Common Thread
June 2
- NASA Seeks to Regain its Moon Legs
- Moonshot Rivalry Grabs Spotlight in 'Space Race: The Untold Story'
- Nanotubes Might Not Have the Right Stuff
- Celestial Triangles: Jupiter Mingles with the Stars
- Extended EVA: Astronauts Make ISS Repairs in Long Spacewalk
June 1
- Giant Crater Found: Tied to Worst Mass Extinction Ever
- Of Faith and Facts: Is SETI a Religion?