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NASA is scrapping a moon rover that it spent $450 million to build
NASA is cutting its losses and scrapping its moon rover mission, after it proved to be exceedingly …
Aditi Bharade
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India's adorable, dog-sized moon rover did its first science on the moon by shooting powerful laser beams at the surface
The 57-pound moon rover, called Pragyaan — meaning wisdom — has conducted the first-eve…
Sonam Sheth,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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NASA just picked commercial aerospace company Astrobotic to land the first US moon rover in 48 years — a robot that will hunt for ice
NASA's new lunar rover will hunt for water ice on the moon's unexplored south pole. A nearly $200 m…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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NASA is sending a new moon rover to sample water ice on the lunar south pole
"It's incredibly exciting to have a rover going to the new and unique environment of the South Pole…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Lauren …
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NASA is about to farm out the launch of its first moon rover in 48 years to a commercial rocket company
NASA plans to partner with commercial providers to build a permanent moon base and, eventually, spr…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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India's moon lander and rover didn't wake up despite high hopes
It was hoped India's moon lander and rover, Vikram and Pragyan, would awaken on September 22. They …
Sonam Sheth
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NASA is sending a water-hunting lunar rover to a shadowy crater on the moon's south pole
NASA's VIPER rover will descend into permanently shadowed craters on the moon's south pole, where t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Photos show Chinese lunar rover making tracks on the far side of the moon as it starts historic exploration mission
China's landing was the first-ever successful "soft-landing," which means a landing without damage,…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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India walks on the moon as Pragyan rover rolls on to the lunar surface
Chandrayaan-3 mission's Lander Module which touched down on the lunar surface, has rolled out the r…
PTI
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Hyped up 'moon cube' discovered by Chinese rover turns out to be a rabbit-shaped rock
China's Yutu-2 rover, on the far side of the moon, drove towards the "mysterious hut" for a better …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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This map shows exactly where China landed its Chang'e-4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon
"It's possible this basin is so deep that it contains material from the moon's inner mantle," Tamel…
Dave Mosher,Shayanne Gal
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NASA is testing an alien-hunting, upside-down underwater rover in Antarctica. It's one of several plans to explore 2 ocean worlds for signs of life.
It's part of NASA's plans to explore the secret oceans of two distant icy moons, Europa and Encelad…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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See The View From The Moon With This Interactive Panorama From China's Rover
On Dec. 14 China became the third country to land an unmanned spacecraft on the moon. The spacecraf…
Kelly Dickerson
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Here's what Chandrayaan 2 is looking for on the Moon
In a highly challenging space venture, The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is soft-landin…
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Chandrayaan-3 gets closer to the Moon's surface: ISRO
"Even closer to the moon's surface. Chandrayaan-3's orbit is reduced to 174 km x 1437 km followi…
PTI
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India is preparing to land on the moon for the first time in the country's history
India's Chandrayaan-1 blasted off from Sriharikota island off the East coast of India in 2008, at …
Hilary Brueck
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India's historic moon lander and adorable sidekick rover may be dead for good
India was the first to land near the lunar south pole, but it was always unlikely that its spacecra…
Sonam Sheth,Jenny McGrath
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India's moon lander detected movement near the lunar south pole. It could be the first signs of a moonquake in nearly 50 years.
India is the first country to land near the lunar south pole. Shortly after touchdown, the lander d…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Jessica O…
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China is about to launch the first robots to the far side of the moon. Their discoveries could be revolutionary.
"The moon's far side is the oldest surface, and there are probably some Earth rocks over there that…