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Spider-Like Spacecraft Aims To Touch A Comet Next Year After Rosetta Reactivates
Watch out, you comet, Rosetta is on its way with a probe. The European Space Agency spacecraft is preparing to…
Could Juno’s Path Near Earth Uncover A Flyby Mystery?
Every so often, engineers send a spacecraft in Earth's general direction to pick up a speed boost before heading elsewhere.…
Can We Land On a Comet?
The Rosetta mission will do something never before attempted: land on a comet. The spacecraft is now on its way…
Asteroid Lutetia May Have A Molten Core
[/caption] Way out in space, 282 million miles from home, the intrepid ESA Rosetta spacecraft is still busy, but had…
Rosetta Uncovers a Thick, Dusty Blanket on Lutetia
[/caption] If you think that asteroids are boring, unchanging rocks floating in space waiting only to crop up in bad…
Watch Live Webcast of Rosetta Flyby of Asteroid Lutetia July 10
[/caption] On July 10, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will fly past 21 Lutetia, the largest asteroid ever visited by a satellite.…
Crescent Earth as Seen by Comet Chasing Spacecraft
Title this one "Rich Blue Crescent" (as opposed to Pale Blue Dot.) This spectacular image of our home planet was…
Rosetta to Make Final Earth Flyby Nov. 13th
The comet chasing spacecraft Rosetta will make its third and final swing by the Earth on November 13th to pick…
MESSENGER and other Significant Mission Events in 2008
Today, the MESSENGER spacecraft will perform a significant task in its mission by making its first flyby of Mercury (see…