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Spacecraft will pluck samples from asteroid

Spacecraft will pluck samples from asteroid

A NASA spacecraft will reach out and touch an asteroid and send pieces back to Earth.

 

NASA Spacecraft Circling Mercury

For the first time, Earth has a regular orbiting eye-in-the-sky spying on the solar system's smallest and strangest planet, Mercury.

 

Private company launches test spacecraft for NASA

Private company launches test spacecraft for NASA

A private company launched a spacecraft into orbit Wednesday in a bold demonstration test for NASA that could lead to the first commercial space station supply run next year and eventual astronaut rides.

 

New leaks on space shuttle Discovery delay launch

New leaks on space shuttle Discovery delay launch

NASA engineers are replacing fuel line seals on the space shuttle Discovery to staunch a small leak in time for the spacecraft's final blastoff on Nov. 1.

 

Deep Impact spacecraft readies for comet encounter

A NASA spacecraft is about to have another close look at a comet.

 

Glimpses of Solar System's edge

Glimpses of Solar System's edge

The first results from Nasa's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (Ibex) spacecraft show unexpected features at our Solar System's edge.

 

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