NASA Spacecraft Gets a Peek at Mercury
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The Messenger spacecraft dashed past Mercury on Monday, getting a glance at the solar systemâs innermost planet, which it will eventually orbit for detailed studies.
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Atlantis astronauts will inspect the space shuttle once more before its scheduled return to Earth Thursday, after a mysterious object was spotted orbiting nearby, NASA said.
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NASA&#39;S Cassini space-probe has sent back some stunning images from its close encounter with Titan, one of the moon&#39;s of the giant ringed planet Saturn.
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The first pictures from the unseen side of Mercury reveal the wrinkles of a shrinking, aging planet with scars from volcanic eruptions and a birthmark shaped like a spider
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NASA's Messenger probe sends scientists a treasure-trove of data, and with two more flybys and an orbital mission to follow, these images are just the beginning.
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Using a high-resolution X-ray telescope, Japan's new Hinode spacecraft captured some unique and beautiful images of last week's Transit of Mercury.
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SPACE.com / NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has snapped its first high-resolution photo, an image of distant stars that shows the probe's high-resolution camera works.
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Images taken by NASA's Mars Global  Surveyor spacecraft suggest the presence of liquid water on the  Martian surface, a tantalizing find for scientists wondering if  the Red Planet ever has harbored life.
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Images began streaming into the Cassini space mission&#39;s imaging team Tuesday night, bringing detailed pictures of Titan&#39;s surface.
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NASA scientists are poring over the latest pictures unveiling Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan. The images show distinct dark and bright surface areas.
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NASA has is to send a probe on a collision course with a comet&#39;s nucleus to find out more about the composition and history of the bodies.
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When the space station passes across the Sun or moon, the scene offers an interesting demonstration of how planet hunter's look for new candidates by measuring the periodic dimming of a parent star.
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NASA&#39;s Cassini orbiter began transmitting data and images from Saturn&#39;s moon Titan on Tuesday, providing the closest look at the mysterious moon that humans have ever seen.
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The European Space Agency signs the industrial contract to build a spacecraft to send to the planet Mercury in 2013.
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NASA on Friday released never-before-seen images of Saturn captured from above and below the planet's stunning rings by its Cassini spacecraft.
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Saturn sports a new ring in an image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sunday, Sept. 17, during a one-of-a-kind observation.
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Joining forces with JAXA The European Space Agency (ESA) has given the go ahead for a mission to explore Mercury, the inner-most planet of our solar system. The mission was formally adopted at the agency's Science Programme Committee (SPC) meeting last Friday.â¦