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China Lands Ambitious Sample-Return Mission on the Moon
The aim of China's Chang'e 5 mission is to return samples of lunar soil to Earth by the end of 2020.
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Earth's New "Minimoon" May be a 1960s-Era Rocket Booster
An object set to pass near Earth next month may in fact be a relic of the early Space Age.
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SpaceX Launches Four Astronauts to the International Space Station
A crew of four is headed to the International Space Station, on Crew Dragon’s first operational launch, Crew One.
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Another Cable Snaps at the Arecibo Observatory
Engineers are looking at stabilizing the dish, as the Arecibo Observatory has suffered a second cable failure.
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NASA's Osiris-REX Has Stowed Its Bite Out of Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s Osiris-REX successfully stowed its sample of Bennu's regolith, collected earlier this week. Images show a good haul.
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Osiris-REX "TAGs" Bennu, Returns Stunning Views
See images and video from NASA’s Osiris-REX spacecraft as it samples the Nightingale site.
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Osiris-REX Successfully Collected Sample from Asteroid Bennu
NASA's Osiris-REX mission has successfully touched down on the asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of its surface for return to Earth.
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Distant Space Debris a Threat to Satellites
New observations show we're not tracking a majority of debris in higher orbits.
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Two Lunar Lander Missions for 2021
Two commercial landers are set to head to the Moon next year.
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Amateur Astronomer Finds Kilometer-size Asteroid
A grant from the Planetary Society enabled an amateur astronomer's discovery of kilometer-size asteroid 2020 QU6.
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Historic Lick Observatory Survives California Fire
The Lick Observatory, a major astronomical institution outside San Jose, has survived a devastating California wildfire mostly unscathed.
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Half-ton OGO 1 Spacecraft Set to Reenter
NASA's Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 1, a bus-sized relic of the early Space Age, is set to reenter in the coming week.
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Iconic Arecibo Radio Dish Damaged
A broken support cable at the Arecibo radio observatory brings operations to a halt.
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Potential New Targets for Japan's Hayabusa 2 Mission
The Hayabusa 2 team has laid out a proposal for an extended mission to one of two asteroids after the spacecraft's sample return this December.
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NASA Launches Perseverance Rover for Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover heads to the Red Planet.
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China Launches Tianwen 1 Mars Mission
China launches its first Marsbound mission, Tianwen 1, which carries an ambitious orbiter, lander, and rover package.
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United Arab Emirates Launches Mars Hope Orbiter
United Arab Emirates joins the "planetary space club" with an ambitious mission to Mars.
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Amateur Astronomer Discovers "Clyde's Spot" on Jupiter
The discovery of a new feature on Jupiter gave NASA’s Juno mission an opportunity to image an emerging storm up close.
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NASA to Use Pulsar Navigation for Deep Space Missions
NICER and SEXTANT demonstrate XNAV pulsar navigation system that may be used on Artemis.
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Mars "Mole" Is in the Ground (Again)
After months of careful work, NASA's Insight mission has its mole burrowed in the Martian soil.
