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In this undated photo provided by the European Space Agency, ESA, analysts at work in the space debris facility located at ESA's ESOC mission control centre, Darmstadt, Germany. Decades' worth of man-made junk is cluttering up Earth's orbit, posing a threat to spaceflight and the satellites we rely on for weather reports, air travel and global communications. More than 750,000 fragments larger than a centimeter are already thought to orbit Earth, and each one could badly damage or even destroy a satellite. (Roberto Palmari/ESA via AP)

As orbit becomes more crowded, risk from space debris grows

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

European space agency to help NASA take humans beyond moon

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Europe’s Galileo satellites hit by anomalies

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Italian Space Agency President Roberto Battiston holds a pamphlet reading in Italian 'Colonize Mars, Friday, Oct. 19, 2016, in front of a rendering showing the Schiaparelli Space Module and the planet Mars as they follow during an event organized by Italy's Space Agency, the insertion of the Trace Gas Orbiter into orbit around Mars, and the landing of the Schiaparelli module on the surface of the planet. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Hard crash-landing may have wrecked Europe’s Mars probe

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

In this artist impression provided by the European Space Agency, ESA, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter , TGO, right, and its entry, descent and landing demonstrator module, Schiaparelli, center, approaching Mars. The separation is scheduled to occur on Sunday Oct. 16, 2016, about seven months after launch. Schiaparelli is set to enter the martian atmosphere on Oct. 19, 2016 while TGO will enter orbit around Mars. The probe will take images of Mars and conduct scientific measurements on the surface, but its main purpose is to test technology for a future European Mars rover. Schiaparelli's mother ship will remain in orbit to analyze gases in the Martian atmosphere to help answer whether there is or was life on Mars. (ESA ATG/medialab via AP)

European Mars lander’s fate unclear, signs ‘not good’

By GEIR MOULSON and CHRISTOPH NOELTING - Associated Press

In this artist impression provided by the European Space Agency, ESA, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter , TGO, right, and its entry, descent and landing demonstrator module, Schiaparelli, center, approaching Mars. The separation is scheduled to occur on Sunday Oct. 16, 2016, about seven months after launch. Schiaparelli is set to enter the martian atmosphere on Oct. 19, 2016 while TGO will enter orbit around Mars. The probe will take images of Mars and conduct scientific measurements on the surface, but its main purpose is to test technology for a future European Mars rover. Schiaparelli's mother ship will remain in orbit to analyze gases in the Martian atmosphere to help answer whether there is or was life on Mars. (ESA ATG/medialab via AP)

European lander released to begin final descent to Mars

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

A model of orbiter Rosetta hangs from the ceiling in a conference room at the European Space Agency ESA in Darmstadt, Germany, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Rosetta will be impacted on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Friday, marking the end of the twelve years lasting Rosetta mission. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A timeline of comet probe’s 12-year space odyssey

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The Proton-M rocket booster blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, March 14, 2016. The Russian rocket carries an orbiter for measuring atmospheric gases of Mars and a Mars lander of the "ExoMars 2016" mission. "ExoMars 2016" is an astrobiology mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

European, Russian space agencies launch mission to Mars

By Frank Jordans and Christoph Noelting - Associated Press

Beagle found on Mars: Missing lander finally located

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The image comprised of four images taken with the navigation camera on Rosetta and released by the European Space Agency ESA on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 shows comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Nov. 17, 2014 from a distance of 42 km (26 miles) from the center of the comet. The mystery of where Earth’s water came from has gotten murkier, with astronomers essentially eliminating one of the chief suspects: comets. The European Space Agency’s Rosetta space probe closely examined the type of comet that some scientists theorized could have brought water to our planet 4 billion years ago. It found water, but the wrong kind.(AP Photo/ESA)

The mystery of where Earth’s water came from deepens

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

This undated image provided by the European Space Agency ESA shows an artist's impression of the Philae lander. Scientists at the European Space Agency are expecting their comet-chasing probe Rosetta to wake from almost three years of hibernation at 11 a.m. Monday Jan. 20, 2014 (1000 GMT; 5 a.m. EST) and phone home to say all is well. (AP Photo/ESA ATG medialab , Astrium E, Viktor, File) FILE

Scientists ‘confident’ comet lander will wake up

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

In this image issued from ESA, showing British physicist Matt Taylor Thursday Nov. 13, 2014, sporting a garish bowling shirt featuring a collage of pin-up girls in various states of undress, during an interview at the satellite control centre of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Darmstadt, Germany, on Thursday Nov. 13, 2014. On Friday Nov 14, Taylor offered an unsolicited apology about his shirt "I made a big mistake and I offended many people," he said. "And I'm very sorry about this." (AP Photo/ESA) TV OUT - NO SALES

Philae lander scientist cries, apologizes for shirt critics called sexist

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The picture released by the European Space Agency ESA shows the Rosetta mission poster which is a combination of various images to illustrate the deployment of the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. from the Rosetta spacecraft. The image of the comet was taken with the navigation camera on Rosetta. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 the Philae lander will be detached from Rosetta to land on the comet. (AP Photo/ESA)

Comet first: European Space Agency lands Rosetta spacecraft on speeding target

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

FILE - This image provided by the European Space Agency ESA shows an artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The image is not to scale; the Rosetta spacecraft measures 32 m across including the solar arrays, while the comet nucleus is thought to be about 4 km wide. Scientists at the European Space Agency are expecting their comet-chasing probe Rosetta to wake from almost three years of hibernation at 11 a.m. Monday Jan. 20, 2014 (1000 GMT; 5 a.m. EST) and phone home to say all is well. (AP Photo/ESA, C.Carreau, File)

Comet-chasing probe wakes up, signals Earth

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

This publicly provided image by the European Space Agency ESA shows an artist&#8217;s impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov&#8211;Gerasimenko. The image is not to scale; the Rosetta spacecraft measures 32 m across including the solar arrays, while the comet nucleus is thought to be about 4 km wide. The European Space Agency has set a tentative date for the first landing of a spacecraft on a comet. ESA says Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013 its Rosetta probe will wake up from hibernation Jan. 20 before chasing down comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. If all goes according to plan, Rosetta will launch a lander onto the surface of the comet on Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/ESA, C.Carreau)

Space probe on course to land on mile-wide comet

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this image, publicly provided by the European Space Agency ESA, research satellite GOCE flies above earth. (AP Photo/European Space Agency,ESA)

European Space Agency: Satellite causes no damage after re-entry

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Universe ages 80M years; Big Bang gets clearer

By LORI HINNANT and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

ESA, Roscosmos sign deal on Mars exploration

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Europe gets 1st fix from its own satnav system

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

NASA, Europeans uniting to send spaceship to moon

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press