European craft hits moon as planned
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Europe's first spacecraft to the moon smashed into a volcanic plain as planned Sunday, signaling in a bright flash the end of a successful mission to test a new propulsion system and navigation technology for flights to other planets.
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Europe's first moon probe signed off its  mission on schedule by crashing into the lunar surface on  Sunday, completing a project scientists hope will tell them  more about the moon's origin.
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By DAVID McHUGH DARMSTADT, Germany - Europe's first spacecraft to the moon smashed into a volcanic plain as planned Sunday, signaling in a bright flash the end of a successful mission to test a new propulsion system and navigation technology for flights to other planets.
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A European Space Agency rocket entered moon orbit Monday in a unique mission using a pioneering power plant. The s-called SMART-1 spacecraft blasted off from Kourou, French Guiana, Sept.
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The European-built spacecraft Ulysses marked another mission point Wednesday as it flew over the sun's southern polar cap.
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By DAVID McHUGH  DARMSTADT, Germany - The SMART-1 spacecraft sent back an unexpectedly rich data haul that could shed light on the moon's origins and evolution before its three-year voyage ended in a planned crash on the lunar surface, European space scientists said Monday.
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The first European spacecraft sent to the moon has entered lunar orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on November 16, 2004.
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In this artist&#39;s rendition released by the European Space Agency, the European-made SMART-1 solar-powered satellite is seen nearing the Moon on its way to make the first comprehensive inventory of key chemical elements in the lunar surface.
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Nearly 40 years after US and Soviet space probes orbited the moon, the European Space Agency has put its own satellite into lunar orbit.
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European Space Agency's Smart 1 probe is set to enter into orbit around the Moon on Monday.
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Europe&#39;s first mission to the Moon, the unmanned exploratory probe SMART-1, has been safely placed in lunar orbit after a voyage of more than 13 months, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Tuesday.
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LONDON - A spacecraft the size of a washing machine and driven by a revolutionary ion motor will begin a braking sequence on Monday that should make it the first European mission to enter lunar orbit.
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PACKING a revolutionary engine that one day may send a robot scout into deep space, Europe&#39;s first mission to the Moon enters a key phase on Monday when the cube-shaped spacecraft is injected into lunar orbit.
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SMART-1, the European Space Agency craft currently in orbit around the moon, makes use of a technology that was pure science fiction until the 1960s - the ion drive.
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A European spacecraft has started a journey into the unknown as scientists prepare to land on Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan. The Huygens probe was expected to separate from its mothership, Cassini, at about
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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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BERLIN, Nov. 16 -- A small spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit, marking a key milestone in Europe&#39;s first successful mission to the moon and setting the stage for the craft to begin studying the lunar