China probing moon’s dark side
China is set Friday to launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious program that…
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China is set Friday to launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious program that…
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Mission managers do not expect to find little green men swimming in the water — in fact, they’re not even looking for life itself, only for the conditions that…
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If all goes well, the crew will fly around the Moon during a 10-day expedition aboard an Orion capsule, ending with a parachute-assisted descent into the sea.
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An unmanned commercial robot, funded by NASA, has made history by landing on the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era. This will open the door for US…
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A crippled American spaceship has been lost over a remote region of the South Pacific, probably burning up in the atmosphere in a fiery end to its failed…
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Barbie pays homage to the rich traditions of the Lunar New Year holiday, a festive period that begins with the first new moon and ends with the first full moon…
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NASA on Monday announced it had used a state-of-the-art laser communication system on a spaceship 19 million miles (31 million kilometers) away from Earth — to…
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The van-sized probe should arrive at its destination in the Asteroid Belt, between Mars and Jupiter, in July 2029.
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Scientists believe the reason Earth has oceans, lakes and rivers is because it was hit with water-carrying asteroids 4 to 4.5 billion years ago, making it a…
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NASA scientists believe that Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, could be a potential place beyond Earth to search for signs of life.
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After a seven-year wait, NASA scientists on Tuesday finally pried open a space probe carrying the largest asteroid samples ever brought back to Earth, finding…
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A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest…
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Some of the sample will be for studies now, with the rest stored away for future generations equipped with better technology.
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NASA's first mission to retrieve an asteroid sample and return it to US soil is expected to reach a perilous finale on Sunday with a descent into the Utah…
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NASA on Thursday officially joined the search for UFOs — but reflecting the stigma attached to the field, the US space agency wouldn't identify the director of…
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NASA has spotted a small new crater on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface around two weeks ago.
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NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft orbiting Mars got stunning 'tie-dye' views of the Red Planet in two ultraviolet images.
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The full moon in June reached its peak fullness on 3 June at 11:42 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
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