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Spacetoday.net was created in early 2001 to be the first place space professionals, enthusiasts, and others would turn to to learn about the latest developments in space-related fields. This site provides links to space news articles from throughout the web, on topics ranging from astronomy and space science to technology to policy and legislation. In addition, spacetoday.net provides news summaries: one paragraph reports on the most significant space news, to make it even easier to get caught up on the latest news and events.

Spacetoday.net was founded by Jeff Foust. Jeff was editor of SpaceViews, a leading online space news publication, from 1993 until its parent company, Starport.com, was acquired by SPACE.com in 2000. Some of the features of spacetoday.net, such as the links to other news articles, had their genesis on SpaceViews, while other features are new to spacetoday.net. Jeff also writes for a number of other publications, including Spaceflight Now and Sky & Telescope magazine, and is coauthor of the book The Astronomer's Computer Companion. He has a BS with honors in geophysics from Caltech and a PhD in planetary sciences from MIT.

This site is very much a work-in-progress, so any feedback — good or bad — about the site and its contents is certainly appreciated. Contact us at info@spacetoday.net.

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news in brief
Proton launches EchoStar satellite
Posted: Sun, Mar 21 10:55 AM ET (1455 GMT)

New "temperate" exoplanet discovered
Posted: Sat, Mar 20 9:27 AM ET (1327 GMT)

Soyuz returns with ISS crew
Posted: Fri, Mar 19 6:21 AM ET (1021 GMT)

news links
Sunday, March 21
Cosmic telephoto lens shows intense, early star formation
Science News — 7:06 pm ET (2306 GMT)
Astronomers Get Sharpest View Ever of Star Factories in Distant Universe
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics — 7:04 pm ET (2304 GMT)
Military sites could help launch SA into space
The Times (South Africa) — 9:42 am ET (1342 GMT)
New Mexico residents have yet to book spaceflights
Las Cruces (NM) Sun-News — 9:42 am ET (1342 GMT)



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