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NASA's New Horizons probe just woke up from hibernation 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto

NASA's New Horizons probe has woken up in good health nearly 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto after spending nearly a year ...
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NASA space probe expected to reenter the atmosphere with a chance of raining debris

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist’s rendition represents NASA’s twin Van Allen Probes in orbit within Earth’s magnetic field to explore the radiation ...
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A 1,300-Pound NASA Probe Will Make an Uncontrolled Plunge Through Earth’s Atmosphere Today

A NASA probe tasked with gathering data on Earth’s radiation belts has run out of fuel and is set to reenter through the atmosphere on Tuesday. NASA’s Van Allen Probe A is expected to re-enter the ...
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NASA shuts down instrument on Voyager 1 probe to manage power

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA has shut down one of the science instruments on board the iconic Voyager 1 space probe in an effort to extend the life of ...

The latest in space: sugar molecules, a simulated mission and a NASA probe's next steps

In this roundup of space news, we talk about sugar molecules in space, a call for volunteers for a simulated Moon/Mars mission and next steps for NASA's New Horizons probe.
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Live long and loiter: Why NASA's ESCAPADE probes will wait a year in space before heading to Mars

A space saga is underway, a celestial long and winding road that may also have consequences for future settlers firmly planted on the Red Planet. When NASA's Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft were ...
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NASA's ambitious 'decade of Venus' exploration may bank on 1 probe: 'Not everything can move forward'

NASA may not be able to move forward with all three of its planned Venus missions as budget pressures force difficult trade-offs across its planetary science portfolio. When you purchase through links ...