ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle Gets Revised Timeline
An annotated timeline of the most critical events during the IXV mission. ESA’s wingless spaceplane is set for liftoff on a Vega rocket from Kourou, French…
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Europe’s Experimental Spaceplane Is Poised for Liftoff
ESA’s experimental spaceplane, poised for liftoff on its Vega rocket, is set to showcase the latest technologies and critical systems to extend Europe’s capability for space…
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Dawn Gets Closer Images of Ceres
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, on approach to dwarf planet Ceres, has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of this mysterious world. The image of Ceres, taken on…
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Hubble Observes Rare Jupiter Triple Conjunction
Firing off a string of snapshots like a sports photographer at a NASCAR race, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a rare look at three of Jupiter’s…
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The First Stars Born Later Than Expected
New maps from ESA’s Planck satellite uncover the ‘polarised’ light from the early Universe across the entire sky, revealing that the first stars formed much later…
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Rosetta to Make Close Encounter With Comet
ESA’s Rosetta probe is preparing to make a close encounter with its comet on 14 February, passing just 6 km from the surface. Yesterday was Rosetta’s…
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Microsoft HoloLens & NASA OnSight Enables Scientists to Work Virtually on Mars
NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to develop software called OnSight, a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable technology…
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Large Binocular Telescope Studies Dust for Other Earths
The NASA-funded Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, has completed its first study of dust in the “habitable zone” around a star, opening a new door…
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As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across, about three times better than the calibration images…
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Beagle 2 Lander Found After 11 Years
The UK-led Beagle-2 Mars lander, which hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission and was lost on Mars since 2003, has been found in images…
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