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Its latest reveals 19 unprecedented detail in the Bug Nebula, a huge mass of gas and dust which hides a hot, dying star. Professor Adrian Melott of the University of Kansas and team argued their case in a paper accepted for publication in the International Journal of Astrobiology. But 27 engineers across the nation are studying a variety of options, including use of upgraded Atlas and Delta rockets, development of new, "clean sheet" designs and use of existing shuttle hardware and infrastructure. Fanciful cartoons of alien spacecraft have adorned the front pages. The double spacecraft is now just two months away from arriving at the ringed planet to 39 begin a four-year expedition of the gas giant and its many moons. The launch of the expedition is expected to be marked today when the scientists submerge a copper canister with the flags of Cyprus, the EU and a specially designed Atlantis flag five hours out at sea from Limassol port.
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