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The spacecraft Cassini is pictured above Saturn’s northern hemisphere prior to making one of its Grand Finale dives in this NASA handout illustration obtained by Reuters August 29, 2017. NASA/Handout via REUTERS
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 16, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
London- US space agency NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will end its groundbreaking 13-year mission to Saturn on Friday with a meteor-like plunge into the ringed planet’s atmosphere, transmitting data until the final fiery moment. Cassini, the first spacecraft to orbit...
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European Space Agency animation of Philae separating from mothership Rosetta and descending to surface of comet. (EPA/ESA/ATG Medialab)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 13, 2014 | World
Berlin and Frankfurt, Reuters—The European Space Agency landed a probe on a comet on Wednesday, a first in space exploration and the climax of a 10-year-odyssey, but an anchoring system problem may hamper planned investigations into the origins of Earth and the solar...
