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Russia To Launch Lunar Mission This Week, First In Nearly 5 Decades
Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander later this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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Japan's Ispace Says Bid to Make First Commercial Moon Landing Failed After Likely Crash
Japan's ispace said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably crashed on the lunar surface.
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
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Soyuz Rocket Honours Yuri Gagarin’s First Space Travel, Successfully Carries Three-Man Crew to ISS
A three-man crew with US and Russian astronauts docked at the International Space Station after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
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Unmanned Chinese Spacecraft Lands On Moon: Report
China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon's surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported.
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India Fourth To Test ASAT, Pioneered By US, Soviet Union 60 Years Ago
In the backdrop of the Cold War and perceived threat of strikes from space, both United States and the erstwhile USSR worked on the Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) programme, but it was the former who tested it first in 1959.
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Soviet-Era 'Moon Rocks' Sell For $855,000 At New York Auction
Three fragments of rocks retrieved from the moon by a Soviet space mission in 1970 were sold for $855,000 at a New York auction on Thursday.
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'It's lift off': 10-point cheatsheet on Mission to Mars
India's first mission to Mars blasted off this afternoon from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. At 450 crores, the budget is one-sixth of what NASA is spending on a Mars probe to be launched in 13 days.
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10 facts about NASA's Mars rover Curiosity and how it survived '7 minutes of terror'
The Mars science rover Curiosity landed on the Martian surface shortly after 10:30 pm (11:00 IST) to begin a two-year mission seeking evidence the Red Planet once hosted ingredients for life. Despite Mars' reputation as a spacecraft graveyard, humans continue their love affair with the planet, lobbing spacecraft in search of clues about its early h...
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Russia To Launch Lunar Mission This Week, First In Nearly 5 Decades
Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander later this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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Japan's Ispace Says Bid to Make First Commercial Moon Landing Failed After Likely Crash
Japan's ispace said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably crashed on the lunar surface.
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
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Soyuz Rocket Honours Yuri Gagarin’s First Space Travel, Successfully Carries Three-Man Crew to ISS
A three-man crew with US and Russian astronauts docked at the International Space Station after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
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Unmanned Chinese Spacecraft Lands On Moon: Report
China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon's surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported.
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India Fourth To Test ASAT, Pioneered By US, Soviet Union 60 Years Ago
In the backdrop of the Cold War and perceived threat of strikes from space, both United States and the erstwhile USSR worked on the Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) programme, but it was the former who tested it first in 1959.
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Soviet-Era 'Moon Rocks' Sell For $855,000 At New York Auction
Three fragments of rocks retrieved from the moon by a Soviet space mission in 1970 were sold for $855,000 at a New York auction on Thursday.
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'It's lift off': 10-point cheatsheet on Mission to Mars
India's first mission to Mars blasted off this afternoon from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. At 450 crores, the budget is one-sixth of what NASA is spending on a Mars probe to be launched in 13 days.
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10 facts about NASA's Mars rover Curiosity and how it survived '7 minutes of terror'
The Mars science rover Curiosity landed on the Martian surface shortly after 10:30 pm (11:00 IST) to begin a two-year mission seeking evidence the Red Planet once hosted ingredients for life. Despite Mars' reputation as a spacecraft graveyard, humans continue their love affair with the planet, lobbing spacecraft in search of clues about its early h...
