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Osiris-REX is Bound for Asteroid Bennu
NASA's Osiris-REX spacecraft launched successfully from Cape Canaveral on September 8th and is headed to asteroid Bennu for a dramatic sample return mission.
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Juno Makes First Science Pass at Jupiter
On August 27th, NASA's Juno made its closest pass to the giant planet — here's what we learned.
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The Return of Stereo B?
Feared lost for almost two years, NASA's Stereo B solar observatory is now back in (tentative) contact with mission control.
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Retrograde Rock "Niku" Defies Orbital Trend
The discovery of trans-Neptunian object 2011 KT19 in a strange orbit deepens a key mystery in the outer solar system.
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Possible Replacement for Hitomi
JAXA and NASA are looking at the possibility of replacing the dead Hitomi X-ray observatory, with a potential launch around 2020.
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Mars 2020 Rover Construction Moves Ahead
The Mars 2020 rover reached a third crucial milestone this past week on the path to the launch pad.
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NASA's Juno Probe Reaches Jupiter
After a 5-year-long journey, NASA's latest emissary to the largest planet in the solar system has arrived at its destination.
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Newfound Object 2016 HO3 Shares Earth's Orbit
A recently discovered asteroid plays leapfrog with Earth as they both orbit around the Sun.
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FRIPON: A New All-Sky Meteor Network
An innovative new meteor detection network will engage researchers and the public in a search for space rocks.
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LISA Pathfinder Surpasses Expectations
First science results from ESA's LISA Pathfinder mission exceed expectations, with five times the sensitivity. This result paves the way for a future full-scale gravitational wave observatory in space.
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Watch the International Space Station Marathon
The orbiting science laboratory begins a series of marathon passes this week that favor the northern hemisphere.
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ExoMars Rover Launch Delayed Until 2020
The European Space Agency is opting to send its first rover to the Red Planet two years later than originally planned.
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Russian Space Observatory Launches
Russia's Mikhailo Lomonosov observatory takes to the skies on the hunt for gamma-ray bursts, cosmic rays, and near-Earth asteroids.
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Recovery Attempts End for Hitomi X-ray Satellite
The Japanese space agency JAXA has released a timeline covering the Hitomi space observatory's failure last month. Salvage efforts continue but recovery appears unlikely.
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Navy Resumes Celestial Navigation Course
Modern security threats have brought back an old method — celestial navigation — to help U.S. Navy sailors navigate the high seas.
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Malfunction Cripples Hitomi X-ray Observatory
Ground controllers are scrambling to recover the Hitomi satellite from a mysterious 'debris anomaly' over the past weekend.
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ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Heads to Space
The launch of ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli lander heralds a new phase of Mars exploration.
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CANYVAL-X: Two CubeSats, One Telescope
An innovative CubeSat mission, slated to take to space this year, will demonstrate the feasibility of free-flying satellites.
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WFIRST: Next Decade's Space Telescope
NASA is commencing work on the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), the successor to the Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescopes.
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New X-ray Observatory Takes to the Skies
Japan’s newest X-ray satellite, Hitomi (formerly Astro-H), promises to reveal the hot and hidden universe.
