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Nasa spacecraft orbits moon on New Year's Eve as part of $500m mission to scan Earth’s nearest neig
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4 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 9 hours agoA 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.
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