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Earth Bids Goodbye To Its 'Mini Moon' After Months-Long Stay
The mini moon will pay another visit to Earth in January, as per the scientists.
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NASA Further Deploys Solar Panel Array on Lucy Spacecraft Ahead of Visit to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lucy spacecraft mission was successful in further deploying the solar panel array that will be powering the craft. The mission team successfully managed to deploy the unlatched solar array to between 353 degrees and 357 degrees open. The team behind the spacecraft remotely operated Lucy's array d...
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A 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid Will Fly by Earth Soon: How to Watch It
A massive asteroid will fly past Earth on January 19 and will be visible using a 6-inch or larger backyard telescope.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spaceship Sets Record by Entering Orbit Around Asteroid Bennu
Elon Musk has suggested that the first resident on Mars could be artificial intelligence (AI). Musk wants to establish a base on Mars.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Probe, Its First Asteroid Sample Collector, Reaches Target 'Bennu'
NASA's first-ever mission designed to visit an asteroid and return a sample of its dust back to Earth arrived Monday at its destination, Bennu.
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After 2-Year Journey, NASA Spacecraft Reaches Target Asteroid
NASA's first-ever mission designed to visit an asteroid and return a sample of its dust back to Earth arrives Monday at its destination, Bennu, two years after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Probe to Asteroid Bennu Slows Down as It Nears Target
NASA's first mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid, the OSIRIS-REx, has executed the first of a series of exercises to slow down the spacecraft's speed to put it on course for its scheduled arrival.
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NASA's OSIRIS-Rex Blasts Off On Ambitious Mission To Visit Asteroid, Bring A Piece Home
More than a dozen years and a billion dollars have gone into the ambitious mission.
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This Asteroid Almost Certainly Isn't Going To Crash Into Earth And Kill Us All
Earth, meet Bennu: In 2018, humankind will visit the asteroid with a spacecraft designed to bring samples home. If you believe what's trending on Google right now, you might think that Bennu is going to follow up and visit us just a few years or decades later. Spoiler alert: That's probably not going to happen.
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Small Asteroid To Visit Earth On March 5 - Peacefully
A small asteroid that is expected to make its closest approach to Earth on March 5 will pass peacefully without disturbing our world at a distance of between 9,000-17,000 km.
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Earth Bids Goodbye To Its 'Mini Moon' After Months-Long Stay
The mini moon will pay another visit to Earth in January, as per the scientists.
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NASA Further Deploys Solar Panel Array on Lucy Spacecraft Ahead of Visit to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lucy spacecraft mission was successful in further deploying the solar panel array that will be powering the craft. The mission team successfully managed to deploy the unlatched solar array to between 353 degrees and 357 degrees open. The team behind the spacecraft remotely operated Lucy's array d...
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A 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid Will Fly by Earth Soon: How to Watch It
A massive asteroid will fly past Earth on January 19 and will be visible using a 6-inch or larger backyard telescope.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spaceship Sets Record by Entering Orbit Around Asteroid Bennu
Elon Musk has suggested that the first resident on Mars could be artificial intelligence (AI). Musk wants to establish a base on Mars.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Probe, Its First Asteroid Sample Collector, Reaches Target 'Bennu'
NASA's first-ever mission designed to visit an asteroid and return a sample of its dust back to Earth arrived Monday at its destination, Bennu.
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After 2-Year Journey, NASA Spacecraft Reaches Target Asteroid
NASA's first-ever mission designed to visit an asteroid and return a sample of its dust back to Earth arrives Monday at its destination, Bennu, two years after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Probe to Asteroid Bennu Slows Down as It Nears Target
NASA's first mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid, the OSIRIS-REx, has executed the first of a series of exercises to slow down the spacecraft's speed to put it on course for its scheduled arrival.
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NASA's OSIRIS-Rex Blasts Off On Ambitious Mission To Visit Asteroid, Bring A Piece Home
More than a dozen years and a billion dollars have gone into the ambitious mission.
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This Asteroid Almost Certainly Isn't Going To Crash Into Earth And Kill Us All
Earth, meet Bennu: In 2018, humankind will visit the asteroid with a spacecraft designed to bring samples home. If you believe what's trending on Google right now, you might think that Bennu is going to follow up and visit us just a few years or decades later. Spoiler alert: That's probably not going to happen.
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Small Asteroid To Visit Earth On March 5 - Peacefully
A small asteroid that is expected to make its closest approach to Earth on March 5 will pass peacefully without disturbing our world at a distance of between 9,000-17,000 km.
