Missions

The latest news from the spacecraft helping us explore the cosmos, and the historical missions that paved the way.

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Life on Mars

Carey Lisse, an instrument scientist on the New Horizons science team reacts after the team received confirmation from the spacecraft that it has completed the flyby of Pluto, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Interview: New Horizons’ Kuiper Belt encounter

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Roving robots on Mars: interview with a NASA Opportunity scientist

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Interview: Apollo engineer Jack Clemons

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The story of Apollo 9

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ESA’s Gaia: mapping the Milky Way

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NASA’s Opportunity rover mission ends

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Interview: Ramy El-Maarry, New Horizons scientist

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Interview: Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8

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New Horizons gets to the heart of Pluto

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Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space

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Apollo 8: 50 years on

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Interview: exoplanet-hunting with Kepler

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NASA’s InSight to study Mars interior