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ESA: Comet probe is ‘game changer’

November 16, 2014November 16, 2014 VOANews final frontier

Hundreds of millions of kilometers from earth, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully landing on the icy, dusty

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Hitch in Philae’s comet landing

November 12, 2014 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post final frontier

The Philae landing vehicle landed on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at 5:03 p.m. CET. The news was first sent

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ESA’s Philae lander headed to comet surface

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post final frontier

A landing vehicle launched from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta robotic space probe should land on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko today. The

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New Galileo satellites in wrong orbit

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post final frontier

The first two Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites, launched on August 22 from the Guiana Space Centre, have not

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Galileo programme steps away from Soyuz rockets

August 22, 2014August 22, 2014 The Prague Post final frontier

The EU satellite navigation programme Galileo signed a 500 million euro agreement for three Ariane-5 launchers on August 20 with

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European satellite to make historic rendezvous with comet

August 6, 2014August 6, 2014 VOANews final frontier

A space probe that has been racing across the solar system to catch up with a comet for a decade

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Bulgaria to see Supermoon on July 12, first of three in 2014

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

Bulgaria will join much of the rest of the planet in seeing a Super Moon on July 12 2014, the

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Astronomers discover ‘Earth-size diamond in space’

June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 VOANews final frontier

Astronomers say they’ve discovered “an Earth-size diamond in space.” The white dwarf star, some 900 million light-years away, could be

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Astronauts warn of catastrophic asteroid strikes

April 24, 2014April 24, 2014 VOANews final frontier

Three former astronauts are sounding the alarm about the dangers our planet faces from asteroid impacts and how steps must

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