SMART-1 settles into lunar orbit
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Europeâs first lunar spacecraft, SMART-1, has successfully cruised into orbit around the Moon. It entered orbit late on Monday, while making its closest approach so far - passing about 5000 kilometres above the lunar surface.
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More than 30 years after the last Apollo mission, European scientists have made it to the moon. Their experimental Smart-1 probe, powered by a revolutionary Star Trek-style thruster, has entered into orbit around the lunar surface.
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China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday, the first step in an ambitious 10-year plan to send a rover to the moon and return it to earth
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Europe&#39;s first mission to the moon, SMART-1, has been placed in orbit around the moon. European Space Agency (ESA) science director David Southwood says the moon&#39;s gravity captured the probe Monday.
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The Smart 1 lunar probe has entered into orbit around the Moon, the first ever European mission to do so.
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Rollie Hawk writes &quot;It ain&#39;t warp speed, but it&#39;s exciting new technology at work! The European Space Agency put an ion-propelled rocket into lunar orbit today.
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Europe&#39;s unmanned space probe has successfully entered its first orbit of the Moon, spiraling closer to the lunar surface on a journey that began more than 13 months ago, the European Space Agency said on its Web site.
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A sophisticated autopilot system that could play a vital role in missions to the moon or Mars will be tested this week during a $100 million demonstration 500 miles above Earth.
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Europeâs first lunar spacecraft is set to go into orbit around the Moon on Monday. SMART-1 has already reached the âgatewayâ to the Moon, the region where its gravity starts to dominate that of the Earth.
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All systems are finally go for Japan's first lunar orbiter, which is scheduled for launch on August 16, officials announced yesterday.
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Europe&#39;s SMART-1 robotic probe has arrived after taking a long and spiraling road to reach its lunar destination. Launched by an Ariane 5 booster in late September 2003, the
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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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BERLIN, Nov. 16 -- A small spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit, marking a key milestone in Europe&#39;s first successful mission to the moon and setting the stage for the craft to begin studying the lunar
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There have been two important pieces of space-related news recently, the first of which was the European moon probe&#39;s success in entering the moon&#39;s orbit.
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THE first spacecraft sent from Europe to the Moon has safely entered lunar orbit, scientists behind the mission learnt yesterday. Smart-1, which is powered by a Star
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Text of report by Indian news agency PTI Bangalore, 5 February: India plans to undertake another mission to moon aided with a proper lander that would soft land on the lunar surface after its scheduled unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, early next year, India's space agency chief said.
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SMART-1, a spacecraft carrying an experimental engine, was designed to test ion propulsion. A mission set to begin in 2006, called Dawn, will use ion propulsion to explore the asteroids Ceres and Vesta in a multi-year journey.