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Asteroid Apophis will visit Earth in 2029 and this European moon will be with it

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An animation compares the path of Apophis in 2029 to a swarm of satellites orbiting Earth. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The European Space Agency is accelerating a new mission called Ramses that will fly to a near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis… Read More »

US military’s secret space plane launched for possible high orbit mission

By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s stealthy X-37B robotic spaceplane took off from Florida on Thursday night for its seventh mission; This was the first mission to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, which could take it to a higher orbit than ever before. Consisting of… Read More »