NASA is planning on a smash hit with a comet
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You can learn something about a rock by looking at it. But what most geologists really want is to smack it with a hammer. That&#39;s just what planetary scientists will do July 4 when NASA&#39;s
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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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A Nasa spacecraft set for launch on Thursday will explore the two biggest asteroids in the Solar System.
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NASAâs Dawn spacecraft, originally scheduled to head into space this past Saturday on a mission to visit two large asteroids, will now be launched in September.
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LOS ANGELES - A private spacecraft is to shoot beyond Earth&#39;s atmosphere for the second time in a week today in a bid to win a US$10 million ($15 million) prize and prove that space is open for business.
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NASA -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has arrived in Florida to begin final preparations for a launch on Dec. 30, 2004...
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NASA is about to embark on an unprecedented asteroid-belt mission with a spacecraft aptly named Dawn.
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A NASA spacecraft lifted off on Wednesday on the first leg of a six-month journey to blast a hole in a comet and study what lies beneath.
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NASA is set to launch a spacecraft carrying five satellites on a mission to unveil the secrets of the origin of the aurora borealis.
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The high-speed impact will wallop the pickle-shaped comet Tempel 1 with energy equivalent to 4.8 tons of TNT, said Michael A&#39;Hearn, another university astronomer and principal investigator on the $311 million mission.
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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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Next Fourth of July, NASA will slam a heavy probe the size of a garbage can    into a comet, purposely carving a football-field sized crater for inspection.    As for&nbsp;what exactly&nbsp;will happen,&nbsp;however, nobody really knows.
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A piece of the Sun is set to fall to Earth and be captured by Hollywood stunt pilots in a tricky mid-air manoeuvre, NASA announced on Thursday.
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
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Astronomers are hoping for a spectacular high-impact collision next month, as asteroid 2007 WD5 zooms toward Mars
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The U.S. space agency is planning a mission to better understand a mysterious form of energy in the cosmos and an ambitious unmanned journey to the outer solar system, NASA officials said.
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A group of space futurists is devising ways to do everything from bounce objects off comets to send tourists to Mars.