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Space Exploration

What was the first spacecraft to arrive at a planet?

We recount the day when the first manmade spacecraft made contact with another world

Space Exploration

New Horizons Update: Spacecraft takes inside course for Ultima Thule rendezvous

With no apparent hazards in its way, NASA’s mission has been given a “go” to stay on its optimal path to the Kuiper Belt Object

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Juno Update: Spacecraft to graze Jupiter on Saturday

The NASA spacecraft will get closer to the cloud tops of the gas giant than at any other time during its prime mission

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Juno Update: Spacecraft releases first image from Jupiter orbit

The JunoCam camera aboard NASA’s mission is operational and sending down data

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Two comets to fly safely past Earth early next week

The two space snowballs, which will make their flybys on 21 and 22 March, may be twins

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Cassini gets closest ever views of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

NASA’s spacecraft has begun returning its best-ever views of the northern extremes of Saturn’s icy, ocean-bearing moon

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