Rocket crashes into moon in seach for water - Summary
Washington - A NASA rocket crashed into the moon Friday, sending a huge plume of dust above the surface in an experiment scientists hope will provide data about ice hidden in the perpetually dark lunar craters. Major telescopes around the world were ...
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Next generation rocket blasts off
Washington - A next generation space rocket blasted off over the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday. The 100-metre tall Ares I-X rocket sped into the sky over the Florida coast in a trial that NASA hoped would provide crucial information ab...
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Ares launch scrubbed for Tuesday - Update
Washington - After battling tricky weather conditions off and on all morning, NASA called off a planned Tuesday launch test of the next generation space rocket that is to replace the ageing space shuttle. Engineers were unable to find enough time to ...
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Water revealed after rocket crash into moon - Summary
Washington - Significant amounts of water were found in a crater on the moon in an experiment that crashed a rocket into the lunar surface last month, NASA scientists said Friday. Scientists have long suspected that measurements of hydrogen around th...
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Water revealed after rocket crash into moon
Washington - Significant amounts of water were found in a crater on the moon in an experiment that crashed a rocket into the lunar surface last month, NASA scientists said Friday. Scientists have long suspected that measurements of hydrogen around th...
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EXTRA: Rocket crashes into moon
Washington - A NASA rocket crashed into the moon Friday, sending a huge plume of dust above the surface in an experiment scientists hope will provide data about ice hidden in the perpetually dark lunar craters. Astronomers around the world were stand...
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Significant water on the moon - Feature
Washington - Significant amounts of water were found in a crater on the moon in an experiment that crashed a rocket into the lunar surface last month, NASA scientists say. Scientists have long suspected that measurem...
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EXTRA: NASA pushes back Ares launch
Washington - The test launch of the next generation space rocket Ares I-X was pushed back by about an hour Tuesday due to weather, NASA said. NASA was troubleshooting some communications issues with the rocket and keeping a close eye on clouds over t...
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Last try underway to free plucky Mars rover
Washington - The US space agency NASA began sending signals late Monday to the Spirit Mars rover in an effort to back the robotic device out of a patch of sandy soil where it has been stuck on the Red Planet. NASA ground controllers were attempting t...
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Rocket ready to crash into moon
Washington - A NASA rocket is to crash into the moon Friday in an experiment scientists hope will provide data about ice hidden in the perpetually dark lunar craters. Astronomers around the world are prepared to capture the impact of the Lunar Crater...
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Next space shuttle set for blastoff on November 16
Washington - US space agency NASA announced late Thursday that its next lauch of a space shuttle to the orbiting International Space Station has been scheduled for November 16. The shuttle Atlantis would make its 31st mission, planned as an 11-day fl...
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NASA: One more try to free plucky Mars rover
Washington - The Spirit Mars rover may have met its match in a patch of sandy soil that has ensnared it on Mars, but NASA scientists said Thursday they will make a last effort to free the little rover that could. Spirit is one of two rovers that hav...
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