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European Space Agency, NASA and asteroid

A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away from Florida on Monday on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA in 2022.

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European spacecraft launches to a harmless asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed into in previous save-the-Earth test

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SpaceX launch: Europe's Hera spacecraft on way to study asteroid Dimorphos

A European spacecraft is on its way to get an up-close look at an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed its own vehicle into two years ago.

Rocket Lab Wins NASA Study Contract For Mars Mission

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Can Rocket Lab Save NASA’s Mission to Bring Pieces of Mars to Earth?

NASA is in desperate need of an alternative plan for its Mars Sample Return, and is hoping the private industry can salvage its ambitious mission.

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Rocket Lab Wins NASA Study Contract For Mars Mission: Details

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) shares are trading higher premarket on Monday. The company disclosed that NASA has selected the company to conduct a study on retrieving rock samples from the Martian surface and returning them to Earth.

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Rocket Lab Awarded NASA Study Contract to Explore Bringing Rock Samples from Mars to Earth for the First Time

NASA's Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return solicits industry proposals to carry out rapid studies of mission designs and mission elements capable of delivering samples collected by the Mars Perseverance rover from the surface of Mars to Earth.

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Earth from space: Beautiful 'lake of haze' in Himalayan valley has a darker, more sinister source

This 2014 satellite photo shows a cloud of haze sitting in the Kashmir Valley in the Himalayas. The ethereal "lake" consists ...

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Impressive aurora from room with a view 250 miles above Earth

NASA's Matthew Dominick is bedding down in a small capsule spaceship attached to the International Space Station while he ...

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Europe’s Hera Mission Launches to Visit an Asteroid Smacked by NASA

The news was a relief for Fitzsimmons and the entire Hera team.

Asteroid alert! Two massive airplane-sized asteroid coming towards Earth at scary speed today, NASA warns

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids, 2024 SN8 and 2018 JG38, both set to pass near ...

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NASA Reveals 'Vast Ring of Hot Plasma' Around Earth

High-resolution image of the million-degree hot plasma halo encircling Earth captured by NASA’s JENI instrument. The ...

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The Smithsonian and NASA Unveil Earth Information Center

Today marks the debut of a collaborative exhibit between NASA and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: the ...

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Speculated ‘doomsday’ asteroid swarm less likely to impact Earth, study finds

Researchers from the University of Maryland used the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) telescope to study the Taurid swarm.

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NASA's instruments capture sharpest image of Earth's radiation belts

Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a ...

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Near-Earth asteroid data: Probing possible fifth force of the universe

Near-Earth asteroids are closely monitored due to their implications for planetary defense. The team utilized ground-based ...

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NASA officially switches off a scientific instrument 12.8 billion miles from Earth

NASA has officially switched off one of the scientific instruments aboard a spacecraft that has been sending data back to ...

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NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots a record-breaking 3-star system

Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, astronomers and citizen scientists have discovered a record-breaking system ...

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