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Nasa spacecraft orbits moon on New Year's Eve as part of $500m mission to scan Earth’s nearest neighbour from crust to core

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A Nasa spacecraft fired its engine and slipped into orbit around the moon Saturday in the first of two back-to-back arrivals over the New Year's weekend.Ground controllers erupted in cheers and applause after receiving a signal that the probe was healthy and circling the moon. An engineer was seen on closed-circuit television blowing a noisemaker to herald the New Year's Eve arrival.

link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2080881/Nasa-spacecraft-orbits-moon-New-Years-Eve-500m-mission-scan-Earth-s-nearest-neighbour-crust-core.html
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