Spacecraft on course to score a first with asteroid samples
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Japan's most ambitious space mission entered a final, critical phase in September 2005 as the Hayabusa spacecraft parked itself 20 kilometers from the asteroid Itokawa, making it the first to return samples of an asteroid to Earth. The samples from Hayabusa would be compared with telescope observations and meteorites on Earth that would give researchers greater confidence in making assumptions about asteroids based solely on spectral analysis from Earth.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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A test of general relativity using radio links with the Cassini spacecraft
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The frequency shift of radio photons to and from the Cassini spacecraft as they passed near the Sun is measured. Results are in agreement with the predications of standard general relativity with a sensitivity that approaches the level at which, theoretically, deviations are expected in some cosmological models.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Venus: the girl next door
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The collection of data observed by Venus Express spacecraft that would provide insight into evolution of Earth-like planet Venus is reviewed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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