NASA is preparing for their "Armageddon"-like mission of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid, and they want the public to watch live.
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The closer the New Horizons spacecraft gets to Pluto, the more puzzling the dwarf planet becomes.
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Jul 12, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Researchers at the Keck Institute for Space Studies have released a paper outlining a proposal to send an unmanned spacecraft into deep space to capture an asteroid and return it as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) ...
NASA put an asteroid mission on hold Friday, blaming the late delivery of its own navigation software.
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Jun 25, 2022
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(AP) -- A sun-powered robotic explorer named Juno rocketed away Friday on a five-year journey to Jupiter, the solar system's most massive and ancient planet.
Space Exploration
Aug 5, 2011
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft spent the last four years voyaging to asteroid Vesta – and may have found a planet.
Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2011
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A NASA spacecraft has made its first close approach to the sun, just 2 1/2 months after liftoff.
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Nov 6, 2018
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NASA recently concluded the final mission of its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment, or Saffire, putting a blazing end to an eight-year series of investigations that provided insights into fire's behavior in space.
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Feb 15, 2024
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NASA announced the winner Tuesday of a contest to send a message to the Voyager spacecraft which launched 40 years ago on a historic mission to explore the outer planets.
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Sep 5, 2017
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A space mission will soon visit an unusual asteroid called Vesta that may turn out to not be an asteroid at all, but a minor planet.
Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2011
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