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Astronomy News 2015
The year 2015 is unusually rich in space exploration events with great impact on our knowledge of the Solar system. The three main events are covered in separate sections:
| Object | Spacecraft | Launch | Arrival | ||
| 1 | Pluto Planet | New Horizons | NASA | 2006-Jan-19 | 2015-Jul-14 |
| 2 | Chury Comet | Rosetta/Philae Lander | ESA | 2004-Mar-2 | 2014-Nov-12 |
| 3 | Ceres Asteroid | Dawn | NASA | 2007-Sep-27 | 2015-Mar-6 |
| Video | NASA | ||||
In addition to the space exploration events, also the progress in astronomy and astrobiology is remarkable in the year 2015. However, I will mention it only very briefly in the overview below.