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Chang’e-4 lands on largest crater in solar system
Read more →: Chang’e-4 lands on largest crater in solar systemA simulated landing process of Chang’e-4 lunar probe is seen through the monitor at Beijing Aerospace Control Center…
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China’s Chang’e-4 Probe Changes Orbit to Prepare for Moon-landing
Read more →: China’s Chang’e-4 Probe Changes Orbit to Prepare for Moon-landingBEIJING, Dec. 30 (China Space News) — China’s Chang’e-4 probe entered a planned orbit Sunday morning to prepare…
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SpaceX crew capsule, Falcon 9 rocket roll out to pad 39A in Florida for tests
Read more →: SpaceX crew capsule, Falcon 9 rocket roll out to pad 39A in Florida for testsSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at launch pad 39A on Thursday morning. Credit: Spaceflight…
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China’s Chang’e-4 probe makes historic landing on moon’s far side
Read more →: China’s Chang’e-4 probe makes historic landing on moon’s far sideBEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — China’s Chang’e-4 probe touched down on the far side of the moon Thursday,…
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Most distant object ever visited resembles a snowman
Read more →: Most distant object ever visited resembles a snowmanThe Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 — nicknamed “Ultima Thule” — appears as a dual-lobe contact binary in…
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New Horizons scientists elated as Ultima Thule’s shape comes into view
Read more →: New Horizons scientists elated as Ultima Thule’s shape comes into viewAt left is a composite of two images taken by New Horizons’ high-resolution Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), which…
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Video: Queen guitarist Brian May discusses his song celebrating Ultima Thule flyby
Read more →: Video: Queen guitarist Brian May discusses his song celebrating Ultima Thule flybyQueen guitarist and contributing New Horizons scientist Brian May wrote a song celebrating the spacecraft’s New Year’s flyby…
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Early image of Ultima Thule revealed, providing hints on its shape
Read more →: Early image of Ultima Thule revealed, providing hints on its shapeJohn Spencer, the New Horizons Deputy Project Scientist, reveals the first multi-pixel image of Ultima Thule which provide…
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Video: New Horizons phone home will confirm health of spacecraft
Read more →: Video: New Horizons phone home will confirm health of spacecraftNew Horizons Mission Operations Manager (MOM) Alice Bowman describes how New Horizons will turn to Earth and ‘phone…
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New Horizons phones home, confirms successful flyby
Read more →: New Horizons phones home, confirms successful flybySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute,…
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Video: The New Horizons team hold news conference after flyby declared a success
Read more →: Video: The New Horizons team hold news conference after flyby declared a successWatch as the New Horizons team hold a press conference an hour after they received confirmation that the…
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OSIRIS-REx completes New Year’s Eve orbit insertion burn at asteroid
Read more →: OSIRIS-REx completes New Year’s Eve orbit insertion burn at asteroidThis mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the…