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Dawn spacecraft approaches asteroid Vesta
6-16-2011 |
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft has taken remarkable images of its approach towards the massive asteroid.
Juno solar panels complete testing
5-31-2011 | 4
The solar panels that will power the Juno spacecraft on its trip to Jupiter have completed their testing.
Messenger begins Mercury mission
4-6-2011 | 3
The Messenger spacecraft's year-long mission in orbit around the planet Mercury has now begun.
Spacecraft becomes first to orbit Mercury
3-18-2011 | 11
NASA's Messenger spacecraft has successfully become the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury.
Russian moon recording released
1-24-2011 | 26
The recording details Russia's attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon hours before Apollo 11.
Giant storm photographed on Saturn
12-29-2010 | 8
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken detailed pictures of a vast storm on the planet Saturn.
Potential ice volcanoes found on Titan
12-15-2010 | 5
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted what could be ice volcanoes on one of Saturn's moons.
Deep Impact flies by small comet
11-6-2010 | 4
The Deep Impact spacecraft flew by a small comet on Thursday some 13 million miles from Earth.
Deep Impact spacecraft readies for comet
10-27-2010 |
The Deep Impact spacecraft will soon be making a close approach of the comet Hartley 2.
NASA preps "100-year-spacecraft"
10-21-2010 | 18
A senior NASA official has announced a project to create a new type of interplanetary spacecraft.
Is Titan causing a gap in Saturn's rings ?
10-7-2010 | 3
Data from the Cassini spacecraft has shown that Titan's gravity lifts up part of the ring in a 'tidal wave'.
Swarming spacecraft could self-destruct
9-8-2010 | 5
Future missions involving swarms of spacecraft could see one of the group self-destruct for the good of the collective.
NASA hopes to send a spacecraft to the Sun
9-5-2010 | 24
NASA are planning to send a spacecraft in to the outer atmosphere of the Sun in an ambitious new project.
Hayabusa 2 will seek the origins of life in space
8-20-2010 | 0
A successor to Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft could launch as early as 2014 to explore the origins of life.
Rosetta probe has close encounter with asteroid
7-12-2010 | 3
ESA's Rosetta probe has flown within 1900 miles of the largest asteroid ever visited by a spacecraft.
Could Venus have ever supported life ?
6-27-2010 | 3
The European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft is helping to determine if Venus ever had oceans.
Asteroid probe 'on home straight'
6-1-2010 | 3
Japan's unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft is on its way back to Earth carrying samples of the asteroid Itokawa.
Japan prepares launch of first true solar sail
5-15-2010 | 9
The Japanese space agency will be launching the first ever spacecraft fully propelled by a solar sail.
Has someone been tampering with Voyager 2 ?
5-13-2010 | 34
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has baffled experts after it started sending back encoded data messages.
NASA spacecraft to photograph Saturn's moons
4-4-2010 | 4
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will take new close up pictures of Titan and Dione in a fly-by next week.
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