Nasa launches spacecraft in first ever mission to deflect asteroid
Spacecraft heads off on 6.8m-mile journey to crash into moonlet Dimorphos in test to see if asteroids can be diverted from collision with Earth
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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 launches first space probe to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids
Lucy's mission is a 12-year expedition to study a record number of asteroids. It will be the first to explore the Trojans, thousands of rocky objects orbiting the sun in two swarms - one ahead of the path of giant gas planet Jupiter and one behind it.
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Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars
The American space agency has successfully flown a small helicopter on Mars.
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Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years, Nasa says
Chunk of space rock was once the ‘poster child for hazardous asteroids’ but it will be a while before humans need to worry about it again
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Nasa releases video of Perseverance rover landing on Mars
Space agency also reveals audio recorded by Perseverance on surface of red planet
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Nasa's Perseverance rover lands on Mars
Celebrations as Perseverance rover touchdown is confirmed.
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Osiris-Rex: Nasa probe risks losing asteroid sample after door jams
A Nasa probe sent to collect rock from an asteroid several hundred million kilometres from Earth has grabbed so much that samples are spilling out.
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