Why the Odysseus Moon Landing Is So Important
Early this week, Facebook provided me with a sweet piece of serendipity when it served up a picture of the late Gene Cernan. I had...
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Private Lander Touches Down on the Moon But Sending Weak Signal
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lander touched down on the moon Thursday but managed just a weak signal back, as flight controllers scrambled to...
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Relics of ancient collision with another planet embedded in Earth’s in
Scientists proposed a novel idea on Wednesday that could solve two of the world’s mysteries at once – one that passes over our heads every...
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NASA prepares for dramatic return of largest asteroid samples
The climactic end of a seven-year voyage comes Sunday when a NASA capsule is due to land in the Utah desert, carrying to Earth the...
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Putin and Kim begin talks at Russia’s biggest domestic space launch
President Vladimir Putin shook hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a Russian space centre Wednesday, images released by the Kremlin showed, kicking...
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Japan launches rocket carrying Moon lander into space after three
Japan’s “Moon Sniper” mission blasted off Thursday as the country’s space programme looks to bounce back from a string of recent mishaps, weeks after India’s...
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Virgin Galactic sends its first tourist passengers into space
Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said. Issued...
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ISS welcomes Saudi astronauts: Rayyanah Barnawi, the first Saudi woman in space
Issued on: 24/05/2023 – 12:26 The International Space Station has rolled out the welcome mat for two Saudi visitors, including the kingdom’s first woman in...
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SpaceX launches first Saudi astronauts on private flight to space
Issued on: 22/05/2023 – 01:22 The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station launched Sunday carrying a Saudi man and woman, the first citizens...
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Europe’s JUICE space mission launches for Jupiter’s icy moons
Issued on: 14/04/2023 – 13:57Modified: 14/04/2023 – 14:56 The European Space Agency’s JUICE mission to explore Jupiter’s icy, ocean-bearing moons will blasted off on Friday,...
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NASA names crew of four astronauts for first lunar mission in 50 years
Issued on: 03/04/2023 – 19:54 NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing...
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Russia launches capsule to International Space Station to rescue crew
Issued on: 24/02/2023 – 08:57 Russia launched a rescue ship on Friday for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride home sprang a...