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For Release: Oct. 14, 1999
Media Advisory m99-212a


Summary:

NASA SELECTS MISSIONS TO SEARCH FOR PLANETARY SYSTEMS AND OBSERVE 
COSMIC EXPLOSIONS

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NASA SELECTS MISSIONS TO SEARCH FOR PLANETARY SYSTEMS AND OBSERVE 
COSMIC EXPLOSIONS

Spacecraft that will search for planetary systems around 40 
million stars and observe the largest explosions in the universe 
have been chosen as the next two missions in NASA's medium-class 
Explorer (MIDEX) program.  The first mission, to be launched in 
2003, is the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer, a three-telescope 
space observatory for studying gamma ray bursts. 

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
202/358-1547.

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-120.txt

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