The observatory will be carried into space by a M-5 rocket from Japan. The craft will showcase an entirely new technology in X-ray detection. The Clinton administration will propose designing a new generation of solar explorer spacecraft at the Goddard Space Flight Center in the new federal budget Monday. President Clinton and congressional Republicans probably will be largely free of the budget caps that made last year's bill-paying such a painful chore. Spaceflight Now .
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