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Spacecraft makes final flyby of smallest planet in solar system
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...
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See Mercury's frigid north pole in extraordinary new images from the BepiColombo spacecraft
A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the ...
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Nasa’s daring Pandora mission one step closer to probing planets with potential for alien life
The team behind the ambitious project have completed construction for the mission's spacecraft bus which will facilitate the operation. It is slated to observe at least 20 different planets during ...
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On this date: New Horizons probe launches for Pluto and beyond
On this date, Jan. 19, 2006, the first probe ever destined to visit Pluto, its moons and other Kuiper belt objects launched from Launch Complex 41 at what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.