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Space 2021: All the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other big missions to look for this year
In 2021, we'll see nine meteor showers. Boeing and SpaceX should launch humans into orbit, and NASA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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A Chinese spacecraft just brought moon rocks back to Earth - the first time any country has achieved the feat since 1976
The capsule, part of China's Chang'e-5 mission, brought back 4.4 pounds of rocks from a previously …
Susie Neilson
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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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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 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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NASA 'inspired' by Chandrayaan 2 as it plans to return to the Moon after 7 years
The US’ apex space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), tweeted that t…
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth has detected a 'hum' in the space beyond our solar system
The Voyager 1 probe left our solar system nearly a decade ago. It recently detected a faint hum mad…
Aylin Woodward
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Bird poop and dust could seriously complicate Elon Musk and SpaceX's latest plan to reach Mars
In an email to Business Insider, SpaceX emphasized that constant tweaks and changes to Starship's d…
Dave Mosher
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It should take another 300 years for NASA's Voyager 1 probe to reach the most distant region of our solar system. Until then, it's cruising through the void between the stars.
Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause in 2012 and is drifting through interstellar space at the edge of …
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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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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Today is the anniversary of the 1st moon landing - here's why we're not going back anytime soon
"The best way to get us back to the moon is for the U.S. to get back in the race," Inverse reports.…
Ali Sundermier
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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…
Dave Mosher
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China says it will launch 2 robots to the far side of the moon in December on an unprecedented lunar exploration mission
"The name Queqiao means 'magpie bridge' in Chinese and comes from a Chinese folk tale, a love story…
Dave Mosher
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The total lunar eclipse would look stunning from the moon - Earth's sunrise and sunset will connect in a ring of fire
By volume, about 80% of Earth's atmosphere is made of nitrogen gas, or N2, and most of the rest is …
Dave Mosher,Jessica Orwig
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The longest total lunar eclipse in a century is about to happen - here's how Earth will color the moon blood-red
"If you were standing on the moon's surface during a lunar eclipse, you would see the sun setting a…
Dave Mosher,Shayanne Gal
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This Indian Startup will be the first privately funded company to land a rover on Moon
The Google Lunar XPRIZE was launched in September 2007. The competition offers a total of US$30 mil…
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A 40-year-old mystery about rising temperatures on the moon has been solved - and it was probably the Apollo astronauts' fault
The data comes from so-called "heat flow experiments" that were installed on the moon in 1971 and 1…
Hilary Brueck
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The first tourist to fly around the moon on SpaceX's new rocket ship bought all the seats for artists - and Elon Musk said it restored his faith in humanity
That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever …
Kevin Loria
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Here's the crazy plan to start building an inflatable habitat on the Moon in 2024
As early as 2024, provided enough funding is gathered over the next nine years, ESA will then send …
Jessica Orwig
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Humanity's first photos of Earth from the moon would have been thrown away if not for 3 people and an old McDonald's
The tapes were well-kept, but the refrigerator-size tape drives - the only devices capable of acces…