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A NASA spacecraft just landed on an asteroid to suck up rocky dust to bring back to Earth. Here's how the mission works.
NASA's Osiris-Rex could find ingredients for life on an asteroid that might crash into Earth. But t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A secretive, experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth after 8 months. It's still a mystery what it was up to.
China's secret unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth after an eight-month mission, raising questions…
Mikhaila Friel
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Virgin Galactic unveiled its newest spacecraft that will take tourists to suborbital space - check out the VSS Imagine
The company's newest spacecraft lays the foundation for the way its future vehicles will be built, …
Tim Levin
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Japan has landed a spacecraft on the moon for the first time, but the mission didn't go exactly according to plan
Japan successfully landed its SLIM spacecraft on the moon but the spacecraft is not generating sola…
Jessica Orwig
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A European-Japanese spacecraft snapped the clearest photo of Mercury in 6 years as it flew past the planet
The BepiColombo spacecraft just flew past Mercury - its ultimate destination - for the first time. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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India's moon lander separates from main Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft
Indian space agency on Thursday afternoon successfully detached the moon lander from the main space…
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Unprecedented new video shows NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft landing on an asteroid and sucking up dust
In NASA's video, the probe creates a flurry of dust and rock — which is how it attempted to collect…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures images of Earth, Moon ahead of gravity assist
A NASA spacecraft named Lucy, the first mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, has captured an st…
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Rocket Lab just launched its first spacecraft, transforming a leftover piece of its rocket into a satellite that can carry missions to the moon or Venus
This first launch is just a demo, but NASA has already contracted a Photon spacecraft to fly a moon…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft back to Earth with scientific research samples
SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday with scientific research sample…
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NASA asks SpaceX whether it could return 3 astronauts from the ISS in the event of an emergency following a coolant leak in the Russian spacecraft
NASA asked SpaceX about using the Crew Dragon spacecraft to transport three astronauts back to Eart…
Kate Duffy
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A Russian spacecraft is spinning out of control and will fall to its fiery death
The spacecraft was carrying food and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), but never m…
Kelly Dickerson
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There's a place at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean where hundreds of giant spacecraft go to die
When a spacecraft completes its mission or runs out of fuel, it's sent to what NASA calls a Spacecr…
Nathaniel Lee,Dave Mosher
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The Voyager spacecraft will probably last a billion years, says a scientist on the mission for nearly 5 decades
The Voyager spacecraft will run out of fuel soon, but a longtime mission scientist says they may co…
Jenny McGrath
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NASA's asteroid-blasting spacecraft has stored over 2 pounds of alien dust and rock to bring back to Earth
Mission scientists raced to stash the asteroid sample because it was leaking into space. Now the pr…
Susie Neilson,Morgan McFall-J…
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A mesmerizing NASA video lets you ride with the Juno spacecraft as it flies by Jupiter and its largest moon
Juno flew within 645 miles of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, last week - the closest any spacecr…