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NASA's Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, 'king of solar system' INTERNATIONAL

NASA's Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, 'king of solar system'

NASA celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter on a mission to probe the origin of the solar system.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
NASA counts down to orbit of Jupiter INTERNATIONAL

NASA counts down to orbit of Jupiter

NASA on Monday counted down to a high-stakes attempt to orbit closer than ever to the planet Jupiter, on a $1.1 billion mission to probe the origin of the solar system.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
NASA spaceship barrels toward Jupiter, 'planet on asteroids' INTERNATIONAL

NASA spaceship barrels toward Jupiter, 'planet on asteroids'

Juno, an unmanned NASA spacecraft, is barrelling toward Jupiter on a $1.1 billion mission to circle the biggest planet in the solar system and shed new light on the origin ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nasa launches near-space monitoring balloon from New Zealand INTERNATIONAL

Nasa launches near-space monitoring balloon from New Zealand

Nasa successfully launched a super pressure balloon from New Zealand's Wanaka Airport on the South Island on Tuesday to conduct near-space scientific investigations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Space station crew back on Earth after record US spaceflight INTERNATIONAL

Space station crew back on Earth after record US spaceflight

Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth on Wednesday after nearly a year on the International Space Station, the longest US space mission on record.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pluto's largest moon likely fractured by sub-surface ocean: NASA INTERNATIONAL

Pluto's largest moon likely fractured by sub-surface ocean: NASA

Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto's moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since frozen and expanded, causing the surface to stretch and fracture, NASA said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016