Japan launches first lunar probe
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Japan's space agency launches its first lunar orbiter for a year-long mission to explore the moon.
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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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PASADENA, Calif.  - The world got its first look  at the surface of the Saturnian moon Titan on Friday when  pictures from the European space probe Huygens showed a  possibly rocky surface with "drainage channels" for liquids.
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British and U.S. scientists said Friday they were exploring plans for a joint lunar mission that would use an orbiter to fire missile-like penetrators into the moon's surface.
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PARIS, France -- Europe&#39;s first mission to the moon has successfully entered lunar orbit, a key milestone in its 13-month trip into space.
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Europe&#39;s first mission to the Moon is about to start. The unmanned, solar energy driven SMART-1 spacecraft has entered the orbit around the Moon.
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XICHANG, China  - China launched its first moon orbiter on Wednesday accompanied by a blaze of live-to-air patriotic propaganda celebrating the country's space ambitions and technological prowess.
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By CARL FREIRE TOKYO - Japan launched its fourth spy satellite Saturday, completing its capabilities to monitor activities worldwide and bolstering its ability to observe neighboring North Korea's nuclear program.
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Europe&#39;s SMART-1 robotic probe has arrived after taking a long and spiraling road to reach its lunar destination. Launched by an Ariane 5 booster in late September 2003, the
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Urgent: Japan launches spy satellite with H-2A rocket    TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan launched a spy satellite with an H-2A rocket on Monday from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
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The Smart 1 lunar probe has entered into orbit around the Moon, the first ever European mission to do so.
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Embarking on an ambitious 10-year moon exploration program, China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday Â a leap forward in the Asian space race that gave a boost to national pride, and the promise of scientific and military payoffs.
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Europe&#39;s unmanned SMART-1 probe established itself in orbit around the moon today after being captured by the moon&#39;s gravitational pull.
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Space engineers sent Europe&#39;s Huygens probe sweeping towards Saturn&#39;s largest moon, Titan, yesterday. Officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said they had received a signal confirming
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By Kozo Mizoguchi Associated Press  TOKYO -- Japan has launched a satellite-based alert system that will instantly send warnings of tsunamis and updates on volcanic activity to help speed evacuations, an emergency official said.
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A small spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit, signaling Europe's first successful mission to the moon and paving the way for the craft to be used to study the lunar surface, a European Space Agency spokesman said Tuesday.
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Europe&#39;s first mission to the moon, SMART-1, has been placed in orbit around the moon. European Space Agency (ESA) science director David Southwood says the moon&#39;s gravity captured the probe Monday.