Deep Impact Space Probe Aims to Slam Into Comet
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Astronomers plan to slam an armchair-sized &quot;impactor&quot; into comet Tempel 1 to see what&#39;s inside -- and possibly help future scientists determine how to keep such space rocks from colliding with Earth.
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As earthlings prepare for Christmas celebrations this weekend, more than 2 billion kilometres away a small space probe will begin the final stage of a long journey aimed at a touchdown on one of Saturn&#39;s moons.
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Nasa&#39;s fastest-swivelling space probe ever built -- Swift -- roared into the orbit aiming to explore the violent celestial explosions which may bestow black holes the birth cries.
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NASA's aging but durable Mars rover Opportunity will make what could be a trip of no return into a deep impact crater as it tries to peer further back than ever into the Red Planet's geologic history.
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European Space Agency's Smart 1 probe is set to enter into orbit around the Moon on Monday.
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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.
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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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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
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Two prototype spacecraft, one wielding its own robotic arm, are poised to launch spaceward late Thursday on a three-month mission to test methods for robotically refueling satellites in Earth orbit.
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PACKING a revolutionary engine that one day may send a robot scout into deep space, Europe&#39;s first mission to the Moon enters a key phase on Monday when the cube-shaped spacecraft is injected into lunar orbit.
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Scientists said the launch of NASA's Deep Impact mission has been delayed until at least January 12. The mission's goal is to smash a spacecraft into a comet on July 4, 2005.
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NASA is hoping for a Monday liftoff for the Dawn spacecraft, a probe bound to visit the two largest asteroids in the solar system.
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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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When it comes to space exploration, where scientists often measure their needs in milli-this and micro-that, Deep Impact, as its name suggests, has all the subtlety of a punch in the mouth.
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NASA sets a rocket in motion toward a comet, hoping to gain knowledge of the comet's makeup.
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Dec. 23, 2004 - As many earthlings prepare for Christmas celebrations this weekend, more than two billion kilometres (one billion miles) away a small space probe will begin the final stage of a long journey aimed at a touchdown on one of Saturn&#39;s moons.
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NASA hopes to test a thermal tile patch on the next space shuttle mission that could have been used to fix the gouge that was carved into the bottom of Endeavour during last month's launch.