Comet probe prepares for lift-off
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Nasa's Deep Impact mission, which will crash a projectile into Comet Tempel 1, is ready for lift-off.
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NASA and university astronomers are eagerly awaiting the launch of a space probe bound to collide with a comet and give researchers a glimpse inside the solar systemâs icy wanderers.
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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 hunt for Earth-like planets is to be stepped-up as a new mission, Corot, prepares for launch.
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NASA -- Catching this week's comet is as easy as flipping the switch on your computer.     As of today, a comet is visible within the live images sent back from a spacecraft stationed one million miles away...
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has extended the long-armed antenna of its radar, preparing the instrument to begin probing for underground layers of Mars.
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UK space scientists and engineers design a mission to investigate a potentially hazardous asteroid.
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A team of NASA scientists, navigators and helicopter stunt pilots is ready to snatch a space sample canister out of the sky next month when the Genesis spacecraft returns to Earth.
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The shuttle Atlantis prepared to perform a giant backflip that will let NASA take another close look at its thermal shield.
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The crew of the US shuttle Atlantis inspected the craft for damage sustained during takeoff as they headed out into space, preparing to dock with the International Space Station on Sunday.
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In a matter of days the European Space Agency&#39;s (ESA) SMART-1 spacecraft will enter orbit around the Moon. It will adjust its position and prepare for the scientific investigation of the lunar surface that will begin in January.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff on Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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The two spacecraft of NASA's Deep Impact  mission,&nbsp;dubbed Flyby and Impactor&nbsp;by their makers, are set&nbsp;to  launch Wednesday atop a Boeing Delta 2 rocket, their mission: To unlock&nbsp;the inner secrets of  comets.                        .
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The space agency will fire an 820-pound projectile into a comet at 22,000 mph on July 4. The resulting explosion and debris could answer fundamental questions about how planets came to be. By Amit Asaravala.
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DARMSTADT, Germany  - 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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Nasa gives details of a space mission to crash a projectile into a comet and peel away its outer skin to look inside.
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A wok-shaped science probe carrying a Colorado-built camera is on target for a Jan. 14 plunge to the surface of Saturn&#39;s enigmatic moon Titan after it successfully separated from the Cassini spacecraft Friday night.