Europe&#39;s little genius reaches Moon
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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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In a discovery that has left one expert stunned, European astronomers have    found one of the smallest planets known outside our solar system, a world about    14 times the mass of our own around a star much like the Sun.
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Paris - Europe&#39;s first mission to the moon, the unmanned probe SMART-1, has been safely placed in orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Tuesday.
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The European spacecraft, SMART-1, is set to establish a standard orbit around the moon on Monday evening after a thirteen month journey towards earth&#39;s satellite.
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Nearly 40 years after US and Soviet space probes orbited the moon, the European Space Agency has put its own satellite into lunar orbit.
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It was the slowest and possibly the cheapest trip to the Moon, yet Europe's first lunar mission has ended as planned with a spectacular crash landing.
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In less than a month, a little piece of Centennial engineer Laura Ellen Dafoe will parachute to the frigid surface of Saturn&#39;s moon Titan.
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Monday night will mark the beginning of Europeâs space exploration, as a tiny spacecraft will start orbiting the moon. On Monday, SMART-1 (the acronym stands for Small Missions for Advanced Research and
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&#39;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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PARIS The first European spacecraft sent to the Moon has entered orbit there, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. The SMART-1 spacecraft reached its closest point to the Moon so far, coming within 5,000
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The SMART-1 probe has entered its lunar orbit, and the history books as the first European mission to have done so. Professor David Southwood, director of science for the European Space Agency (ESA), said: &quot;Europe
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The first European spacecraft sent to the moon has entered lunar orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on November 16, 2004.
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The Smart 1 lunar probe has entered into orbit around the Moon, the first ever European mission to do so. &quot;Europe has arrived at the Moon, we&#39;re in lunar orbit,&quot; said Professor David Southwood, director of science for the European Space Agency (Esa).
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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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As Moon exploration  looms larger among&nbsp;the growing community of scientists and engineers from Europe, India, China,  Japan, and&nbsp;the United States, a robotic lunar village is gaining support, leading to  a permanent human presence on the Moon by 2024.
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A tiny craft powered by `Star Trek&#39; technology is standing at the &quot;gateway&quot; to the moon - and a landmark date in the history of European space exploration.
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After a journey of seven years and more than 2bn miles, a Â£1.7bn US-European mission is preparing for the unknown. Cassini, a Nasa spacecraft the size of a truck, carrying Huygens, a European robot not much