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European mission departs Earth to investigate an asteroid wrecked by NASA

Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could one day prove useful to deflect an object off a collision course with Earth.

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NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful kinetic impact test.

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

A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth.

NASA, SpaceX delay launch to study Jupiter’s moon Europa

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NASA is launching a major mission to look for habitable spots on Jupiter's moon Europa

NASA is launching a hotly anticipated new mission to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, Europa. Called Europa Clipper, the spacecraft will conduct a detailed study of the moon, looking for potential places where Europa might host alien life.

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'A hidden ocean in space': NASA is ready with a bold mission to find life on Jupiter’s icy moon

NASA's Europa Clipper will explore Jupiter's icy moon, searching for signs of life beneath its icy shell. The mission will investigate Europa's habitability and potential subsurface ocean

USA TODAY on MSN · 15h

NASA, SpaceX delay launch to study Jupiter’s moon Europa as Hurricane Milton approaches

The Europa Clipper had been scheduled to launch Thursday from Florida, beginning its six-year journey to the Jupiter moon to search for signs of life.

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.

AOL · 16h

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.

TMCnet · 19h

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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NASA Spacecraft Sends Laser Signal From 290 Million Miles Away

The Psyche spacecraft beams data over a distance comparable to the space between Mars and Earth when the two planets are ...

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Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by Nasa

A spacecraft is due to launch from Florida destined for an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. It ...

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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles

NASA has turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments as power conservation becomes crucial for the interstellar ...

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NASA releases photo of ocean world. It shows why NASA's going there.

NASA's about to launch a huge spacecraft to a world harboring voluminous seas.

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Nasa mission to probe possibility of life on Europa

The Europa Clipper is the largest planetary explorer Nasa has ever built and its mission is to conduct 44 fly-bys of the moon ...

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Nasa spacecraft receives laser signal from 290 million miles away

Nasa has successfully sent a laser signal about 290 million miles, smashing previous records and potentially transforming our ...

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Massive galaxies make a happy face in NASA telescope image

Sometimes when you smile at the universe, it smiles back. Or so, that's what a telescope image recently shared by NASA would ...

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SpaceX rocket launches Europe's Hera planetary defense probe to visit asteroid smacked by NASA

Hera launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to study the asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft smashed ...

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