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Asteroid To Pass Close To Earth

Hannah Madans
Executive Producer

The asteroid is predicted to pass Earth closer than the moon.

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NASA GRAIL Satellites To Reveal Interior Of The Moon

The GRAIL satellites launch aboard a Delta II rocket.

Shea Huffman
Staff Reporter

NASA's twin satellites launched Saturday to research the formation of the moon.

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NASA Launches Pair of Moon-Mapping Spacecraft

The GRAIL spacecraft will map the moon's gravity field, as depicted in this artist's rendering. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

The spacecraft are expected to reach Earth's moon by New Year's Day 2012.

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NASA's Moon Mission Postponed By Weather

South Pole of the moon

Rosalie Murphy
Staff Writer

 

NASA's Moon Research Mission Halted By Weather

 

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Russia's Soyuz Becomes Primary Spacecraft Following Atlantis Retirement

A Russian Soyuz capsule departs the International Space Station. (NASA, Public Domain)

Sean McGuire
Staff Writer

The Russian Soyuz is now the only vehicle capable of reaching the International Space Station.

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Google Lunar X PRIZE: 'Official Private Race To the Moon Is On'

Peter Diamandis, chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation. Photo: X PRIZE Foundation/Sept. 13, 2007

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

Twenty-nine teams are in the unprecedented robotic space exploration contest.

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Where Will NASA's Next Space Mission Take Us?

From left to right (not to scale) are the moon and Venus. Photo:NASA

Len Ly
Staff Reporter

Our next venture may be to the moon, Venus or an asteroid.

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