U.S. government officials are set to approve a mission by privately-held space company Moon Express to travel outside of Earth's orbit in late 2017.

美国政府官员将批准私营太空公司月球快车在2017年底执行的一项脱离地球轨道的任务。

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This is India's first space mission beyond the Earth's orbit.

这是印度的第一次超越地球轨道的太空任务。

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Twelve years before the historic Apollo 11 mission, the Soviets successfully launched the first artificial satellite called Sputnik into Earth's orbit.

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It was the first manned mission to orbit the moon. "NASA has been burdened with a lack of enthusiasm by the taxpayers."

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Europe already has a major mission en route to Jupiter's orbit - the Rosetta mission, which will chase down a comet and put a lander on its surface.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Europe tells US: 'Come to Europa'

Ideally, say advocates of such a mission, Apophis' orbit would need to be changed before 2025 to be sure it misses the Earth.

BBC: Foresight mission spacecraft Image

More like a mission to low Earth orbit.

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