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Flight Status of Micro Deep-Space Explorer PROCYON
Dec 08, 2014 (SPX)
The University of Tokyo and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) received signals from the Micro deep-space explorer "PROCYON" at 8:51 p.m. on December...
Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 Completion of Critical Operation Phase
Dec 07, 2014 (SPX)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed the completion of a sequence of the important operations for the Asteroid Exploration "Hayabusa2" missio...
Dawn Snaps Its Best-Yet Image of Dwarf Planet Ceres
Dec 06, 2014 (JPL)
The Dawn spacecraft has delivered a glimpse of Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, in a new image taken 740,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) fr...
Exploring Comets and Asteroids is an International Endeavor
Dec 05, 2014 (SPX)
NASA and space agencies across the globe are opening up new possibilities for space exploration with missions to comets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies. ...
European astronomers spot faint asteroid
Dec 05, 2014 (ESA)
European experts have spotted one of the faintest asteroids ever found - a chunk of space rock thought to be about 100 m in diameter beyond the orbit of Mars. A...
Philae may have clipped crater rim during comet landing
Dec 02, 2014 (UPI)
New analysis suggests the history-making Philae lander may have clipped the rim of a crater during its comet landing last month, sending the washing machine-siz...
Japan again delays launch of asteroid probe
Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)
Japan on Sunday delayed the launch of a space probe designed to mine an asteroid for a second time due to bad weather. The blast-off of Hayabusa2 was now pushed...
Japan asteroid probe to lift off Monday after delay
Nov 29, 2014 (AFP)
Japan on Monday will launch a space probe on a six-year mission to mine a distant asteroid after the event was postponed due to bad weather, officials said. Hay...
Asteroid Mining Could Make For Boom Times
Nov 25, 2014 (Sputnik)
NASA has concluded contracts with two private-sector enterprises, intending to develop practical approaches to asteroid mining, encouraged by the successful com...
Rosetta Comet Landing in 'Thud' and 3D
Nov 25, 2014 (JPL)
A 3D image shows what it would look like to fly over the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image was generated from data collected by the Rosetta ...
NASA contracts two firms to work on asteroid mining
Nov 24, 2014 (UPI)
NASA has contracted with two private space firms to prepare for and ultimately execute missions to land on and mine asteroids for valuable resources. The contra...
Rosetta continues into its full science phase
Nov 20, 2014 (ESA)
With the Philae lander's mission complete, Rosetta will now continue its own extraordinary exploration, orbiting Comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko during the comin...
Schker-blop! The sound of a comet touchdown
Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)
No trumpet sounded to mark the historic event -- instead, it was a hollow, springy plop which heralded last week's landing by the comet probe Philae. Scientists...
Did Philae Drill The Comet?
Nov 20, 2014 (ESA)
Philae's Sampling, Drilling and Distribution (SD2) subsystem was activated towards the end of the surface operations that Philae performed on Comet 67P/Churyumo...
The Long, Strange Trip To Asteroid Bennu
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
Born from the rubble of a violent collision, hurled through space for millions of years and dismembered by the gravity of planets, asteroid Bennu had a tough li...
Rosetta: What happens next?
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
A University of Leicester planetary scientist has hailed the European Space Agency's mission to land a probe on a fast-moving comet as a success despite issues ...
Philae lander detects organic molecules on comet's surface
Nov 19, 2014 (UPI)
A German-built instrument installed on the Philae lander was able to sniff and detect organic compounds in the comet's atmosphere shortly after the spacecraft t...
Rosetta Lander Captured Before After Bounce
Nov 19, 2014 (JPL)
Images taken by the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS imaging system show the portions of the journey its Philae comet lander undertook on Nov. 12, as it approached a...
Comet probe 'sniffed' organic molecules: early data
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
Mankind's first-ever probe of a comet found traces of organic molecules and a surface much harder than imagined, scientists said Tuesday of initial sample data ...
First Observations of the Surfaces of Objects from the Oort Cloud
Nov 17, 2014 (SPX)
Astronomers are announcing the discovery of two unusual objects in comet-like orbits that originate in the Oort cloud but with almost no activity, giving scient...
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