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Apr 11, 2001
Test Flight of Cosmos 1, The First Solar Sail, DelayedThe Cosmos 1 test flight will be delayed due to a pre-launch testing accident that damaged the spacecraft.
Apr 10, 2001
Planetary Society Celebrates Yuri's Night, April 12The Planetary Society will help co-sponsor the worldwide celebration of Yuri's Night, the 40th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic flight as the first human to orbit Earth.
Apr 02, 2001
Mars Microphone Has New Ticket to Ride on NetLander MissionThe Planetary Society's Mars Microphone will hitch a new ride to the Red Planet on board the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) NetLander mission in 2007.
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