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 Delta 2 rocket launch - A Delta 2 rocket lifts off with an international oceanography satellite.
ESA's lifting body - Europe's re-entry demonstrator should be approved soon for blastoff in late 2013.
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Rosetta goes to sleep - ESA's Rosetta comet-chasing spacecraft goes into hibernation.
Shuttle photo op - Spectacular photos of shuttle Endeavour docked to the space station.
Sea Launch update - Two missions are planned this year by Sea Launch from the Pacific Ocean and Kazakhstan.
Fresh crew launched - Reinforcements for the space station crew blast off on a Soyuz rocket.
Picking a destination - NASA will decide this summer where its next Mars rover will land.
Spirit's last images - A collection of the final photos returned from NASA's Spirit rover on Mars.
Atlantis on deck - Beautiful photos of shuttle Atlantis at sunrise on the launch pad.
Endeavour home - Concluding a 16-day mission, Endeavour returns to Earth for the final time.
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Photos show recovery of asteroid capsule
Japanese and Australian recovery teams have picked up the 16-inch-wide capsule from the Hayabusa mission, which may contain the first samples of rock and dust from the surface of an asteroid.
Hayabusa landed at the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia around 1400 GMT (10 a.m. EDT) Sunday.
Officials first located the capsule in darkness a few hours after landing. After sunrise in Australia, the crews retrieved the capsule and located its heat shield, as seen in the bottom two images.
Photo credit: JAXA
Photo credit: JAXA
Photo credit: JAXA
Photo credit: JAXA
Photo credit: JAXA
Photo credit: JAXA
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