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Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2
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Jul 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft ...
Planck satellite manoeuvre aims at L2 arrival
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Jun 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning today, ESA's Planck satellite will carry out a critical mid-course manoeuvre that will place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of ...
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LRO lunar mission successfully enters moon orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 23, 2009 |
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After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., ...
Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar transfer trajectory
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Nov 05, 2008 |
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Yesterday, following a fifth orbit-raising manoeuvre, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft successfully settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.
Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit
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Nov 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) lunar orbiter, was captured into orbit around the Moon on 8 November. One day later, the spacecraft performed a manoeuvre that ...
Mars orbiter makes a grab for red planet
Mar 10, 2006 |
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was going through maneuvers to place itself into orbit around the red planet Friday, scientists in California said.
New NASA Missions to Reach Moon Tuesday, Sending Back Live Video
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two NASA spacecraft will reach major mission milestones early Tuesday morning as they approach the moon -- one will send back live streaming imagery via the Internet as it swings by the moon, ...
Venus Express spacecraft fires main engine
Feb 20, 2006 |
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One hundred days after its launch to Venus, the European Space Agency's Venus Express has successfully tested its main engine for the first time in space.
Mars under the spotlight again
Mar 13, 2006 |
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Relieved UK scientists are celebrating the news that NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) appears to have smoothly entered Mars orbit on Friday night (March 10th). Entering orbit is one of the most critical ...
Team readies for Venus arrival
Mar 27, 2006 |
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Venus Express mission controllers at ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC) are in intensive preparation for an 11 April arrival at the spacecraft's namesake destination. The critical manoeuvre will involve a ...
GIOVE-B spacecraft in good health
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Apr 30, 2008 |
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A second test satellite for Galileo, Europe's rival to the US Global Positioning System, is "in good health" despite a hiccup that emerged after it was placed in orbit last Sunday, the European Space Agency ...
Space station crew grabs new cargo ship from orbit
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A brand new Japanese space station cargo ship has arrived at its destination 225 miles above Earth.
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