NASA Dawn probe to set off on solar system discovery
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The US space agency is set to launch on Thursday the space probe Dawn on an eight-year mission to unlock the secrets of the solar system and how it was born.
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NASA scientists and their colleagues at the European Space Agency await the first reports from their spacecraft and probe, which will pass closer to Saturn's icy moon than ever before.
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NASA on Monday announced it was delaying until Thursday the launch of the space probe Dawn on its eight-year mission aimed at unlocking the mysteries of the origins of our solar system.
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NASA is preparing to launch a nimble spacecraft to detect the most violent explosions in the cosmos and study their afterglow for hints of their origin.
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NASA's New Horizon's space probe was pointed toward Pluto and the frozen, sunless reaches of the solar system on a nine-year journey after getting a gravity boost Wednesday from Jupiter. The fastest spacecraft ever launched was within a million and a half miles of Jupiter early Wednesday, giving scientists a close-up look at the giant gaseous planet and its moons.
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NASA's New Horizon's space probe was pointed toward Pluto and the frozen, sunless reaches of the solar system on a nine-year journey after getting a gravity boost Wednesday from Jupiter.
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A Nasa spacecraft begins an eight-year mission to explore the two biggest asteroids in the Solar System.
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A new spacecraft is being readied to make the fastest, most detailed study yet of the fleeting gamma ray bursts emanating from deep in space.
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The Dawn spacecraft, which launches Wednesday, will be the first vehicle to visit one celestial body -- an asteroid -- and then power on to another. And the ion-powered craft needs only a small amount of fuel for its seven-year trip.
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In a dramatic ending that marks a beginning in scientific research, NASA's Genesis spacecraft is set to swing by Earth and jettison a sample return capsule filled with particles of the Sun that may ultimately tell us more about the genesis of our solar system.
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Asteroid mission gone 'til September Brief Dawn, NASA's mission to the asteroids, has been postponed again - this time until September. Mission managers had hoped to launch on Monday, but the final decision to delay was taken on Saturday.â¦
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Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft is heading for a close encounter with the giant planet Jupiter.
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Nasa has announced that the launch of a pioneering mission to further understanding of the make-up of comets will take place in January next year.
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NASA is readying a mission to the dwarf planet Ceres and its asteroid cousin Vesta.
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The launch of NASA&#39;s Dawn spacecraft has met a new delay, with liftoff set for no earlier than July 15, the space agency said late Friday.
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By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Discovery lit up the sky late Saturday, blazing off for the first nighttime space shuttle launch in four years - the latest step in NASA's ambitious schedule to complete the international space station.
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Dec. 23, 2004 - As many earthlings prepare for Christmas celebrations this weekend, more than two billion kilometres (one billion miles) away a small space probe will begin the final stage of a long journey aimed at a touchdown on one of Saturn&#39;s moons.