European Spacecraft Prepares To Orbit Moon
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&#39;Europeâs first lunar spacecraft is set to go into orbit around the Moon on Monday. SMART-1 has already reached the âgatewayâ to the Moon, the region where its gravity starts to dominate that of the Earth.
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A European spaceship is about to crash into the Moon. Amateur astronomers may be able to observe the impact.
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A European satellite designed to improve weather forecasting has been given a new launch date.
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Europe's Huygens spacecraft is set to make history as it heads for its rendezvous with Saturn's moon titan.
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European scientists are about to reach for the moon. After a 13-month journey, driven by a new kind of technology, an experimental spacecraft the size of a washing machine will begin to orbit around the moon on Monday night.
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Europeâs first mission to the moon is just days away from its goal after taking the slow boat from Earth more than a year ago. The spacecraft, dubbed SMART-1, will make its first close pass by the moon on the evening of Nov.
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Europe's "super rocket" which can lift more than one and heavier satellites into orbit is ready for its first trip into space.
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US and European astronauts are preparing for their second spacewalk of the current shuttle mission.
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Europe's first mission to the Moon, the unmanned probe SMART-1, has been safely placed in orbit around the Moon, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced.
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The Smart 1 lunar probe has entered into orbit around the Moon, the first European mission to do so. On Monday, Smart 1 began firing its ion engine to bring it into lunar orbit.
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Nov. 12, 2004 - A new image, taken by the European Space Agency&#39;s Mars Express spacecraft, focuses in on the Martian moon Phobos, revealing fine details of the planet&#39;s largest satellite.
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The European space agency is celebrating the successful launch of its probe to Saturn&#39;s largest moon, Titan. The Huygens probe was launched from the NASA spacecraft Cassini which was orbiting Saturn and is due to reach Titan in mid-January.
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The US-built orbiter Cassini will release the European-made probe Huygens at precisely 0408 GMT on Christmas day, if all goes according to plan, to send it rocketing toward the surface of Titan -- the only moon in the solar system that has an atmosphere.
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European Space Agency -- One year after its launch on 27 September 2003, the SMART-1 spacecraft is in excellent health and preparing for the manoeuvres that will bring it into orbit around the Moon mid-November.     The first mission phase, the aim of which was to test several innovative technologies, has been successfully completed...
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Europe&#39;s first mission to the Moon has arrived and begun orbiting, 14 months after its launch from French Guiana. European Space Agency officials confirmed Tuesday the SMART-1 spacecraft reached
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A space probe using ``revolutionary&#39;&#39; ion engine technology today will make its closest pass yet to the Moon as scientists maneuver it into an orbit from where it will study the Earth&#39;s satellite, the European Space Agency said.
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The European Space Agency says its first Automated Transfer Vehicle, called the Jules Verne, will be ready for launch early next year.