Mars Spacecraft Set to Reach Milestone
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft this month is set to surpass the record for the most science data returned by any Mars spacecraft.
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The launch of &quot;Shenzhou IV&quot; manned spacecraft has been listed on the agenda next year, and the countdown for the relevant supporting work has also started.
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US space agency Nasa celebrates the first year on Mars of its Spirit robot rover vehicle.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 7  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft this month is set to surpass the record for the most science data returned by any Mars spacecraft.
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Europe's Huygens spacecraft is set to make history as it heads for its rendezvous with Saturn's moon Titan.
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Scientists said Friday they were plotting the next move for the Mars rover Opportunity, which reached the edge of a deep and geologically rich crater last week after a marathon trek.
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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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SPACE.com / BOULDER, Colorado - Ground controllers today successfully performed a major maneuver of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MOR)--an "end game" tactic that puts the orbiting probe a step closer to studying the red planet with its entire suite of science sensors.
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Nasa has announced that the launch of a pioneering mission to further understanding of the make-up of comets will take place in January next year.
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Sitting  on&nbsp;the&nbsp;hill of an alien world millions of miles from home, a hardy  NASA robot celebrates an anniversary today - one year on the planet  Mars.
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GOLDEN, Colorado &mdash; It has to be some sort of record. At no time over the five decades of sending robot craft into the heavens have so many spacecraft been on duty at such a variety of far-flung destinations or en route to their targets.
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A spacecraft equipped with the highest-resolution camera ever to orbit Mars has begun sending highly detailed images of a giant canyon on the red planet's surface, NASA said Friday.
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The ExoMars project to land a European robot rover on the Red Planet moves forward with an enhanced design.
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By Daily Record Staff  The Orion capsule, NASA's planned successor to the space shuttle, passed its first major construction milestone as the U.S. space agency and primary contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. set baseline system requirements.
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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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It's been a watershed year  of science for&nbsp;the NASA&nbsp;Mars rover Spirit,&nbsp;a  six-wheeled&nbsp;automaton&nbsp;that continues to probe the red planet's  secrets&nbsp;as it clambers up the Columbia Hills.
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NASA - At the recent Viking thirtieth anniversary celebration, Noel Hinners championed what could be the next great challenge for planetary science: a Mars Sample Return mission.