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Russia's attempt to land on the moon for the first time in almost half a century ended in disaster
The Russian space agency Roscosmos said the Luna-25 had crashed into the moon after deviating from …
Ryan Hogg
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'Dhanyavaad', says ISRO after PM Modi visits Bengaluru centre, lauds Chandrayaan-3 scientists
"Interacting with our @isro scientists in Bengaluru. The success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission is an…
ANI
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China launched a probe to the far side of the moon, stepping up its space race with the US
The mission, which is expected to last 53 days, will collect two kilograms of lunar samples from th…
Mikhaila Friel
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NASA is back on the moon with the first commercial lunar landing ever
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is the first US spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 …
Ellyn Lapointe,Morgan McFall-…
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NASA delays mission to take humans back to Moon until 2025
The US space agency, NASA, has pushed back its manned Artemis mission to the Moon to 2025 that will…
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Meet the four astronauts who will steer India's Gaganyaan mission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a visit to ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Station on Tuesday, announ…
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Japan's moon probe landed upside-down but somehow it still works
Japan's SLIM probe lost a thruster and landed upside-down on the moon, but it still woke up and sta…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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India's moon lander Vikram soft lands on the moon for the second time: ISRO
India's moon lander Vikram can hop around the moon it seems after the moon rover Pragyan went to sl…
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Watch the video of Intuitive Machines and NASA landing on the moon and hitting a snag, with $118 million on the line
Intuitive Machine's Odysseus lander touched down on the moon on Thursday. NASA's livestream of miss…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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ISRO’s Solar Mission launch on Sept 2 – Here is how you can register to watch it from Sriharikota
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which recently made history by becoming the first co…
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Yes, the moon is shrinking but that's not the disturbing news scientists discovered that could threaten future NASA missions
A shrinking lunar crust causes moonquakes and could lead to dangerous landslides that may harm futu…
Jenny McGrath
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Intuitive Machines almost lost its moon lander because somebody forgot to flip a switch before launch
Intuitive Machines almost lost its moon landing after someone forgot to flip a switch before launch…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Here's why Chandrayaan 2's soft landing on the Moon will be the '15 most terrifying minutes' for ISRO
But, it won’t be easy. The craters may hold the key to a lot of unanswered questions a…
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Chandrayaan 2 is not just looking for water on the moon
Geologists believe that since there are similarities between the Earth and the Moon, the c…
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China’s lunar rover does what India’s Chandrayaan 2 is hoping to do on the Moon’s South Pole
The Chinese space agency describes it as a 'gel with mysterious lustre'. Yutu 2 was actuall…
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Scientists want to build telescopes on the moon for up to $10 billion to see more of the universe than the James Webb Space Telescope
Astronomers want to build giant telescopes on the moon. They're already drafting blueprints and mak…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China plans three missions to the Moon after discovering a new lunar mineral that may be a future energy source
The mineral, Changesite-(Y), was found in samples obtained by China's space exploration in 2020 and…
Jyoti Mann
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There’s a lot more than just water on the Moon’s South Pole — Here’s why
As countries race to build on the discovery of water near the Moon's South Pole, there could be a l…
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Chandrayaan 2 enters Moon’s orbit — play-by-play of how it happened
The entire maneuver took approximately 28 minutes to complete and the spacecraft is now starti…
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Chandrayaan 2 is on its way to find water on the Moon — and looks like there could be lots of it
So, in order to determine the consistency of water inside the Moon’s craters, three researcher…