Moon probe set for impact finale
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Europe will end its first mission to the Moon by crashing its spacecraft into the lunar surface.
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The Cassini spacecraft is set to reveal the closest views yet of Saturn's moon Titan, when it makes a close pass of the satellite on Tuesday.
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China said its lunar probe had entered its final orbit around the moon Wednesday, but an official backed away from reports of launching a space station by 2020.
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European scientists are about to reach for the moon. After a 13-month journey, driven by a new kind of technology, an experimental spacecraft the size of a washing machine will begin to orbit around the moon on Monday night.
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Japan claims its project is the biggest since Apollo. China says it is readying its probes to study the lunar surface to plan a landing.
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A European spaceship is about to crash into the Moon. Amateur astronomers may be able to observe the impact.
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The Huygens spacecraft is about to begin the final leg of its journey to Saturn&#39;s enigmatic moon Titan. The US-European probe will separate from its &quot;mothership&quot; Cassini on 25 December and coast
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Europe&#39;s first Moon probe, SMART-1, was put into its lunar orbit on Monday evening as planned, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced here Tuesday.
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A space probe using ``revolutionary&#39;&#39; ion engine technology today will make its closest pass yet to the Moon as scientists maneuver it into an orbit from where it will study the Earth&#39;s satellite, the European Space Agency said.
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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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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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Deep impact? Europe's first lunar probe made its crash landing yesterday in the Moon's Lake of Excellence region at 0542 GMT (0642 BST).â¦
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China will launch its first lunar probe this week in a key step toward building the basis for future space exploration, an official said Monday.
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Scientists are set to release new details of data sent back by the Huygens probe from Saturn's moon Titan.
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The European space agency is celebrating the successful launch of its probe to Saturn&#39;s largest moon, Titan. The Huygens probe was launched from the NASA spacecraft Cassini which was orbiting Saturn and is due to reach Titan in mid-January.
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The study of Titan, Saturn&#39;s largest moon, will be one of the Cassini spacecraft&#39;s central goals. The probe will execute 45 close flybys during its four-year mission, with the first Tuesday morning.
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On January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe will try to descend to the surface of Saturn&#39;s largest moon, Titan--a biochemically rich moon dominated by hydrocarbons like methane and ethane.