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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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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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China's collection of lunar samples enters Moon-Earth transfer orbit on its way back to the planet
The orbiter-returner combination of China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe conducted its second orbital mano…
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China just launched a mission to the moon to collect rock samples — the first time a country will have done so in more than 40 years
The Chang'e-5 mission is the latest step in China's ambitious plan to land on and study the moon. T…
Susie Neilson
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Tell us how you plan on celebrating this Lunar New Year
The Year of the Tiger starts Feb. 1 and sets in motion weeks of Lunar New Year festivities. Insider…
Gwen Aviles,Kristie-Valerie H…
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NASA is paying a company $1 - spread over 3 installments - to collect rocks from the moon's south pole
Colorado start-up Lunar Outpost was already planning to collect material from the room - so giving …
Grace Dean
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Apollo 17 astronauts returned to earth 47 years ago today. These photos tell the story of the last manned lunar landing.
People first landed on the moon in 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission, one of only six total man…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Video from China's rock-collecting spacecraft shows the probe stick its landing on the moon
China's space agency announced it had landed its Chang'e 5 probe on the moon. Then it released the …
Susie Neilson,Morgan McFall-J…
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China just landed its Chang'e-5 spacecraft on the moon. The mission could bring moon rocks to Earth for the first time in 40-plus years.
The samples will come from a previously unexplored volcanic plain. China aims to send them back to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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NASA's plan to put humans back on the Moon will cost $28 billion
NASA has shared an update on its Artemis programme, including the latest plans to land the first wo…
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China plans to land its Chang'e 6 lunar lander by 2024. An asteroid defense system could also be on the way.
China's rover projects are gaining traction, while the country mulls a possible system to protect a…
Zahra Tayeb
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China and Russia have agreed to build a lunar space station together, snubbing NASA's plans for joint space exploration
The Chinese and Russian governments have signed an agreement build a lunar space station together t…
Cheryl Teh
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NASA took a photo of China's moon rock-collecting robot on the lunar surface before it rocketed back toward Earth
China's moon lander collected more than 4 pounds of lunar rock, then its ascender blasted the sampl…
Susie Neilson
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The most detailed map of the moon's geology ever released may help astronauts explore the lunar surface
Researchers at the US Geological Survey combined six flat maps and data from two spacecraft to crea…
Holly Secon
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China wants to launch to Mars next year - part of an ambitious plan to bring the first Martian soil samples back to Earth
The mission plans call for sending a lander, rover, and satellite to Mars, with the lander and rove…
Dave Mosher
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Beijing has instituted a 14-day quarantine for anyone returning to the city, in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak
According to Reuters, the state-backed newspaper Beijing Daily quoted the city's virus prevention w…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA administrator: 'The US is returning to the surface of the moon, and we're doing it sooner than you think!'
In many ways, CLPS resembles NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which uses billions of dollars to coax…
Dave Mosher
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Bizarre photos show the Apollo 11 astronauts quarantined after returning from the moon as NASA worried they could infect Earth with space germs
But their grand return to earth wasn't marked by tearful reunions and glamorous photo ops. They wer…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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China's historic moon mission is just the start of its plans to dominate space
China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe successfully returned to Earth carrying the first-ever samples from …
Tom Porter
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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…