The spacecraft has been switched off as planned on the evening of 18 July, ending its successful mission which surpassed all expectations
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NASA momentarily ceases communication with Mars orbiters and rovers
This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the Sun, from Earth’s perspective, causing curtailed communications between us and the Red Planet
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“Apollo 11′s manned lunar landing was almost cancelled,” says Aldrin
The second man on the Moon reveals how Apollo 12, not Apollo 11, could have been the first manned lunar landing
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VIDEO: Check out this brand new flyover movie of Pluto as you’ve never seen it before
Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of the dwarf planet, mission scientists have created films that offer a spectacularly new perspective
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Juno Update: Spacecraft captures Jupiter’s Great Red Spot up close
The new shots of the gas giant’s famous feature reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval
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Gravitational waves mission slated for launch in 2034
ESA and NASA have green lit the LISA mission, striving to uncover the secrets of the ripples in the fabric of space-time
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Mars orbiter spies Curiosity climbing Mount Sharp
Using the most powerful telescope ever sent to Mars, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught a view of the rover this month amid rocky mountainside terrain
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Kepler survey shows a gap in the exoplanet family tree
The alien worlds discovered so far show an unexplained gap between two types of exoplanet
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NASA’s NuSTAR achieves its fifth year in space
To commemorate NuSTAR’s first five years in space, the principal investigator, Fiona Harrison, has chosen her five favourite images of the mission
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New confirmation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity
Einstein predicted gravitational lensing over one hundred years ago
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‘First Stone’ ceremony signals beginning of super telescope’s construction
The European Extremely Large Telescope will observe the universe in unprecedented detail on top of a mountain in northern Chile
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Lunar orbiter camera survives meteoroid impact
Space debris about half the size of a pinhead slammed into part of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and produced a zigzag Moon image
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NASA delivers detectors for upcoming dark energy space telescope
Three detector systems for the Euclid mission, led by the European Space Agency, have been delivered to Europe for the spacecraft’s near-infrared instrument
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Watch NOW: SpaceX launches ‘secretive payload’ on board Falcon 9
The private space company launched NROL-76 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 1 May at 11:00 UTC – watch it here
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Remembering the Apollo 1 disaster: How three astronauts were killed 50 years ago today
The crew of Apollo 1 were the first fatalities in America’s space programme, but they will forever be remembered as pioneers of manned space exploration
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Is it possible for a spacecraft to be self-sustaining?
A craft with this ability would need to rely on plant life being able to flourish in space
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VIDEO: ISS astronauts spot monstrous Hurricane Matthew from space
Gaining power as it nears a ‘direct hit’ with Florida, NASA captured the true extent of the strongest storm since 2004
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VIDEO: Watch Blue Origin’s amazing test of its crew capsule escape system
It’s second time lucky for the private space company as it also lands its New Shepard after completing an impressive manoeuvre
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Watch LIVE: Rosetta’s grand finale as orbiter heads for comet crash
The spacecraft will join lander Philae on the surface of Comet 67P, bringing its 13 year mission to a close
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Watch LIVE: Elon Musk announces new plans to colonise Mars
The CEO of SpaceX will reveal how he intends to build a human settlement on the Red Planet