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The Covid lockdowns did WHAT to the Moon?!
A recent study has revealed an unexpected consequence of the global lockdowns imposed in 2020 to cu…
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ISRO’s ambitious lineup of missions include Chandrayaan-4, Chandrayaan-5 and Gaganyaan — likely within the end of this decade!
India is launching ambitious space missions. Chandrayaan-4 will collect lunar samples. Chandrayaan-…
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Newly discovered Moon caves could shelter astronauts as they set up lunar bases!
Scientists discover vast underground cave on the moon, offering potential for lunar base and human …
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China is sending military gear into orbit at a 'mind-boggling' pace, says US Space Force chief
Gen. Chance Saltzman, head of the US military's space operations, is more worried about China's spa…
Hannah Abraham
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The 2024 harvest moon is the 2nd supermoon and last lunar eclipse this year. Here's the best time to see it when it rises Tuesday.
September 17's full moon will be a supermoon and a harvest moon. A partial lunar eclipse will also …
Jenny McGrath,Jessica Orwig
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NASA images show a meteor crashed into Mars, triggered a big quake, and kicked up surprise water ice
NASA's InSight lander detected an unusual quake on Mars. Then the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spott…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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Budget 2024: How will budget affect India’s position in the global space race?
As per the interim budget announcement, India’s space budget for 2024-25 will stand at around Rs 13…
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Success rate of lunar missions is a little over 50% as per NASA database
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the technically challenging soft landin…
PTI
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Boeing Starliner with Sunita Williams onboard could wait months in space before return as NASA mulls extending mission duration
Officials have repeatedly hinted that the Starliner, which faced issues with helium leaks and thrus…
ANI
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After 10 years of trying, NASA finally bounced its first-ever laser beam off the lunar orbiter
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been bouncing lasers off the Moon sinc…
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All aboard the moon train: DARPA is trying to figure out how to build a lunar railroad
A concept for a moon surface railway is being developed, potentially transporting people, supplies,…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA's Artemis I Orion spaceship enters lunar orbit — a critical step toward sending astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972
NASA is hinging its ambitions to send astronauts to the moon and Mars — along with $50 billion spen…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Back to the Moon: NASA is set to launch the Artemis 1 mission — here’s what you should know
NASA’s ambitious Artemis 1 mission is all set to take an essential step toward returning humans to …
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NASA to develop second Moon lander alongside SpaceX's Starship
As NASA makes strides to return humans to the lunar surface under Artemis, the space agency has ann…
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Towering dust devils, ancient dunes, and avalanches: 12 stunning images from NASA's Mars orbiter on its 15th anniversary
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter left Earth on August 12, 2005 — almost exactly 15 years ago. The…
Susie Neilson
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China could start building a moon base with lunar-soil bricks in 5 years, amid NASA fears of a moon territory dispute
China aims to build a moon habitat for its taikonauts within five years, according to local media, …
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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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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A mysterious rock orbiting Earth appears to be a chunk of the moon that was blasted away by a meteorite
The discovery could rewrite what we know about potentially dangerous space rocks and help better pr…
Marianne Guenot
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is bidding on NASA's lucrative moon contract again after it lost to SpaceX last year
Last year, Blue Origin sued NASA, calling its decision to choose SpaceX as the sole winner of the c…
Grace Kay
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See how NASA's new lunar mega-rocket sizes up to past and future astronaut launch systems
NASA's Space Launch System is built to return astronauts to the moon. Photos and one chart show how…