NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid
Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery—the biggest sample yet from an asteroid.
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NASA's moonbound Artemis astronauts take new ride to launch pad in practice run
The four astronauts headed to the moon next year on the Artemis II mission suited up and took a practice run to the launch pad in the new crew transport vehicles at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2023
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One American, two Russians ride Russian capsule to the International Space Station
One American and two Russians made a quick trip Friday to the International Space aboard a Russian capsule.
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2023
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Solar Orbiter closes in on the solution to a 65-year-old solar mystery
A cosmic alignment and a little bit of spacecraft gymnastics has provided a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve the 65-year-old cosmic mystery of why the sun's atmosphere is so hot.
Astronomy
Sep 15, 2023
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Maduro says Venezuelan astronauts could go to Moon in Chinese spaceship
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his country could send its first astronauts to the Moon in a Chinese spacecraft, hailing on Thursday a scientific cooperation agreement he reached with President Xi Jinping.
Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2023
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures its first images of asteroid Dinkinesh
The small dot moving against the background of stars is the first view from NASA's Lucy spacecraft of the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh, the first of 10 asteroids that the spacecraft will visit on its 12-year voyage of discovery. ...
Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2023
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OSIRIS-REx adjusts course to target sample capsule's landing zone
On Sept. 10, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly fired its ACS (attitude control system) thrusters to point itself toward Earth, putting it on course to release its sample capsule, carrying rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2023
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NASA's PACE spacecraft successfully completes key environmental test
Consider it the "mother of all tests."
Space Exploration
Sep 6, 2023
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NASA's Psyche mission on track for liftoff next month
Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche mission is targeting Oct. 5 to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space Exploration
Sep 6, 2023
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NASA's LRO observes Chandrayaan-3 landing site
NASA's LRO—the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—spacecraft imaged the Chandrayaan-3 landing site on the moon's surface.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 6, 2023
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