NASA’s first asteroid sample-collector arrives at target, Bennu
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- NASA's first-ever mission designed to visit an asteroid and…
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Astronauts on new mission dismiss safety concerns after Soyuz accident
by Andrei BORODOULINE Agence France Presse BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Astronauts of the first manned space mission since an unprecedented…
8 years ago
Before Mars landing, a nail-biting ‘six and a half minutes of terror’
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- A spacecraft that cost nearly a billion dollars…
8 years ago
NASA counts down to landing of Martian quake-sensor, InSight
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- NASA is counting down to a nail-biting touchdown Monday…
8 years ago
NASA picks ancient Martian river delta for 2020 rover touchdown
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- NASA has picked an ancient river delta as the…
8 years ago
Cygnus cargo ship launches to ISS
United States (AFP) -- An unmanned Cygnus cargo ship blasted off Saturday toward the International Space Station, marking the second…
8 years ago
Russia set for first ISS launch since accident
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- A Russian Soyuz rocket with a cargo vessel is to blast off Friday in the…
8 years ago
‘Super-Earth’ discovered orbiting Sun’s nearest star
by Patrick Galey Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A "super-Earth" has been discovered orbiting the closest single star…
8 years ago
First supply trip to space since Soyuz failure poised to launch
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A US spaceship loaded with supplies for the International Space Station is poised to launch…
8 years ago
How to drive a robot on Mars
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse GREENBELT, United States (AFP) -- Some 78 million miles (126 million kilometers) from Earth,…
8 years ago
Neil Armstrong’s huge souvenir collection to be auctioned
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Talk about a pack rat: thousands of things that Neil Armstrong saved over the…
8 years ago
NASA’s planet-hunter telescope, Kepler, runs out of fuel
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- The US space agency's Kepler space telescope has run…
8 years ago
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