European space probe swings past Mars
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The European comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta has been sending back &quot;beautiful new images&quot; after swooping over the surface of Mars overnight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Sunday.
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The European Space Agency&#39;s Huygens probe appears shining as it coasts away from Cassini in this image taken on Dec. 26, 2004, just two days after the probe successfully detached from the Cassini spacecraft.
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There have been two important pieces of space-related news recently, the first of which was the European moon probe&#39;s success in entering the moon&#39;s orbit.
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PARIS The first European spacecraft sent to the Moon has entered orbit there, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. The SMART-1 spacecraft reached its closest point to the Moon so far, coming within 5,000
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DENVER, Colo. -- The next spacecraft destined for&nbsp;Mars is rapidly coming together&nbsp;here on Earth -- an interplanetary probe that carries the most powerful instruments ever sent to the red planet.
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One of the most innovative missions in space exploration has come to a dramatic close as Europe's first probe to the Moon crashed into the lunar surface giving stargazers around the world an astronomical fireworks display.
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Scientists using data from the HRSC experiment onboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft have produced the first 'hiker's maps' of Mars.
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The European-made space probe Huygens has successfully separated from the US spacecraft Cassini and headed toward Titan, a NASA official said.
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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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European physicists said Tuesday they had sent an elusive particle known as a neutrino on a 730-kilometer (456-mile) trip under the Earth's crust and taken a snapshot of the instant it slammed into lab detectors.
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The European Space Agency says its Jules Verne spacecraft has completed 21 days of simulated space vacuum, sub-zero temperatures and solar radiation.
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A European space probe has landed on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, a space official said Friday, buoying hopes that the mission would produce data that could shed light on the origins of life on Earth.
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The SMART-1 probe has entered its lunar orbit, and the history books as the first European mission to have done so. Professor David Southwood, director of science for the European Space Agency (ESA), said: &quot;Europe
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THE MISSION: The European Space Agency's Huygens probe entered the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan in a mission to provide clues to how life arose on Earth.
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A fuel-efficient, compact spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit, signaling Europe's first successful mission to the moon and putting the inexpensive probe on course to study the lunar surface, officials said Tuesday.
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By David McHugh< Associated Press  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 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