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NASA is launching a major mission to look for habitable spots on Jupiter's moon Europa

NASA is launching a hotly anticipated new mission to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, Europa. Called Europa Clipper, the spacecraft will conduct a detailed study of the moon, looking for potential places where Europa might host alien life.

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Nasa mission to probe possibility of life on Europa

The Europa Clipper is the largest planetary explorer Nasa has ever built and its mission is to conduct 44 fly-bys of the moon to determine whether it could support life.

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NASA Awaits ‘All-Clear’ for Mission to Search for Life on Jupiter’s Moon

NASA’s Europa Clipper probe will spend about four years exploring whether Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, could support life.

NASA, European Space Agency and asteroid

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A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth. Launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, it’s the second part of a planetary defense test that could one day help save the planet.

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European spacecraft launches to a harmless asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed into in previous save-the-Earth test

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SpaceX rocket launches Europe's Hera planetary defense probe to visit asteroid smacked by NASA

Hera launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to study the asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft smashed into in September 2022.

NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...

NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries

Before sending humans to Mars, NASA will first return humans to the Moon’s surface to test its technology and train ...

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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles

NASA has turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments as power conservation becomes crucial for the interstellar ...

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Two space probes advance to next round of $1 billion NASA mission selection

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NASA releases photo of ocean world. It shows why NASA's going there.

NASA's about to launch a huge spacecraft to a world harboring voluminous seas.

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Big meteor seen over Michigan was part of Jupiter comet family, NASA says

Around 11:45 p.m. between Covert and Watervliet in West Michigan, Laura White captured a video of the meteor passing. According to NASA, hundreds of eyewitnesses from several states and in Canada ...

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Scrubbed spacewalks, Starliner stay-overs and more: NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson discusses her eventful 6 months in orbit

I am going to hang on to those 31 minutes as some of the most character-building moments of my life in space.' ...

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WATCH LIVE: NASA mission to develop strategies for protecting Earth from asteroid threats

The European Space Agency, NASA and SpaceX are sending a spacecraft to conduct further tests on an asteroid that was successfully nudged by a NASA spacecraft that intentionally crashed into it in 2022 ...

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