Europe's space probe swings by Mars
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The European Space Agency's  Rosetta probe swooped around the back of Mars early on Sunday,  completing a key maneuver in its 10-year mission to meet a  distant comet.
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Images from a European space probe reveal recent glacial deposits and lava flows on Mars that suggest the red planet is more active than many scientists had thought.
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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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Mars is showing scientists its older, craggier face buried beneath the surface, thanks to a pioneering sounding radar co-sponsored by NASA aboard the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter.
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DENVER, Colo. -- The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is one giant spacecraft, built to take&nbsp;unprecedented photos of the red planet. Engineers are in test time mode here at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, builder of the spacecraft, as the countdown ticks down&nbsp;for the probe's summer launch.
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Ever since the unmanned spacecraft Mars Express reported the presence of methane in the Martian atmosphere, scientists have been watching the red planet with interest bordering on obsession.
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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 made it to within 3,100 miles of the moon yesterday morning, and will now begin spinning its way closer to the surface, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.
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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 most powerful spacecraft ever sent to Mars has settled into a nearly circular orbit, a move that allows scientists to begin studying the planet in unprecedented detail, NASA said Tuesday.
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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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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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Europe's Rosetta probe will try to establish this weekend whether there is a thin ring of debris around the planet Mars.
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The European Space Agency says data collected by its probe, Mars Express, has provided new evidence in the search for life on Mars.
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Europe&#39;s unmanned space probe has successfully entered its first orbit of the Moon, spiraling closer to the lunar surface on a journey that began more than 13 months ago, the European Space Agency said on its Web site.
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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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In the night of 15-16 November, ESA&#39;s Smart-1 space probe is scheduled to enter into an orbit around the Moon. This operation is not without danger, as it means traversing an area in which the gravitational