Nasa to slam spacecraft into asteroid in mission to avoid future Armaggedon
Test drive of planetary defense system aims to provide data on how to deflect asteroids away from Earth
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Nasa rover launches on mission to find Martian life
The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built - a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers - blasted off for the red planet Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back to Earth to be analyzed for evidence of ancient life.
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China's Chang'e 4 rover Jade Rabbit 2 sets off on moon mission
China's Chang'e 4 rover Jade Rabbit 2 sets off on moon mission. Lunar project chief designer Wu Weiren called the separation of the rover “a small step for the rover, but one giant leap for the Chinese nation.”
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China mission primed for landing on Moon's dark side
China is preparing to make the first attempt at landing robotic spacecraft on the Moon's far side.
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NASA’s Insight is making its final descent towards Mars
Insight is the first mission to study the deep interior of Mars.
It launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on May 5 of this year.
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First Thai schoolboys rescued from flooded cave
The first schoolboys have emerged from a flooded Thai cave after divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to rescue the children and their soccer coach, who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks, a Thai official said.
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