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NASA's Parker spacecraft makes first close approach to sun
A NASA spacecraft has made its first close approach to the sun, just 2 1/2 months after liftoff.
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2018
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NASA spacecraft rockets toward sun for closest look yet
A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before.
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2018
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Red-hot voyage to sun will bring us closer to our star
A red-hot voyage to the sun is going to bring us closer to our star than ever before.
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Aug 8, 2018
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NASA engineers dream big with small spacecraft
Many of NASA's most iconic spacecraft towered over the engineers who built them: think Voyagers 1 and 2, Cassini or Galileo—all large machines that could measure up to a school bus.
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Apr 20, 2018
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15 new planets confirmed around cool dwarf stars
A research team led by Teruyuki Hirano of Tokyo Institute of Technology's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences has validated 15 exoplanets orbiting red dwarf systems. One of the brightest red dwarfs, K2-155 that is ...
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Mar 12, 2018
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NASA reveals finalists for next New Frontiers robotic mission: Saturn's moon Titan or Rosetta spacecraft's comet
The field for NASA's next New Frontiers mission is narrowing. Officials announced the two finalists for a new robotic explorer mission—one that would send a spacecraft to bring samples of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ...
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Dec 21, 2017
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NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft faces fiery finish
After a 20-year voyage, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is poised to dive into Saturn this week to become forever one with the exquisite planet.
Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2017
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'Star Trek' actor Shatner sends message to Voyager
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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NASA probe successfully peers into Jupiter's Great Red Spot
A NASA spacecraft, Juno, has successfully peered into the giant storm raging on Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot, and its first pictures should be out in days, the US space agency said Tuesday.
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Jul 11, 2017
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