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NASA’s Messenger probe ready for final tour of Mercury
With the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury about to fire its booster one last time, NASA is holding a public contest to name five of the planet's craters
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NASA’s Messenger spacecraft makes final tour of Mercury
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Wi-Fi could let robots roam around the ISS
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Curiosity rover detects Martian methane burps
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2015 preview: Pluto gets ready for its first close-up
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How to think about… Alien contact
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NASA test launches Orion space capsule for Mars trip
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Google and NASA ride D-Wave to a quantum future
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I helped build Apollo and the shuttle – Orion is next
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Explosive meteors may have seasonal peaks
Powerful incoming meteors like the rock responsible for last year's explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia, may not be completely random after all
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US probe enters Mars orbit, Indian craft close behind
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Boeing and SpaceX bag NASA’s $6.8bn space taxi prize
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