NASA to embark on asteroid-belt mission
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NASA is about to embark on an unprecedented asteroid-belt mission with a spacecraft aptly named Dawn. The 3 billion-mile, eight-year journey to probe the earliest stages of the solar system will begin with liftoff, planned for just after sunrise Thursday. Rain is forecast, however, and could force a delay.
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Failing to prepare is preparing to die AAAS Moves are afoot in the astronaut community to hustle the UN into adopting a treaty which would set a deflection mission in motion if Earth was threatened by a large asteroid impact.â¦
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Well, slightly postponed Brief The threat of lightning has forced NASA to postpone the launch of the Dawn mission to the asteroid belt by 24 hours.â¦
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Since June 2003, NASA has been investigating the possibility of using a robotic spacecraft to service Hubble. Such a mission would not put the lives of astronauts in jeopardy.
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The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini Huygens mission to Saturn, which has already delivered stunning images and data of the ringed planet following insertion into the Saturnian system on 1st July this year, is poised to enter a crucial stage in its voyage of
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NASA has is to send a probe on a collision course with a comet&#39;s nucleus to find out more about the composition and history of the bodies.
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On a quest for the frozen remains of the solar system's formation, NASA is preparing to launch its Deep Impact probe that will smash a hole in a comet 82 million miles from Earth.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA should use astronauts, not a robot, to carry out a crucial life-prolonging mission to the acclaimed Hubble Space Telescope one last time, a National Academy of Sciences panel concluded Wednesday.
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An asteroid expected to fly past Earth in 2029 will be visible to the naked eye, scientists projected Thursday.
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft has left Earth on a mission to explore the giant asteroids Ceres and Vesta.  Today's Science@NASA story explains the scientific reasons for making the trip.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - A pioneering spacecraft that could serve as a blueprint for future interplanetary transport blasted off aboard an unmanned Delta rocket on Thursday on a mission to explore two giant asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.
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NASA is set to launch  another component of the International Space Station into orbit  on Friday, three months behind schedule but in compliance with  more rigorous safety standards imposed after the space shuttle  Columbia disaster in 2003.
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Not much va-va-voom, but very economical NASA has confirmed that the "Dawn" space probe to the asteroid belt will indeed launch on Saturday, ending speculation that the mission might be delayed.â¦
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is set to launch another component of the International Space Station into orbit on Friday, three months behind schedule but in compliance with more rigorous safety standards imposed after the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.
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A NASA experiment that could help shape the future of space exploration as part of a new generation of potentially life-saving space crafts has launched
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NASA is set to launch a robotic  spacecraft next month that will dig into the soil near the  northern pole of Mars to check for conditions favorable to  microbial life now or in the planet&#39;s past.
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The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and  NASA have agreed to cooperate on the development of a lunar spacecraft intended  as the first shot in a series of robotic probes paving the way for future human  exploration missions, according to an NRO official.