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The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Science Sep 11

Soyuz takes off from Kazakhstan, carrying 2 Russians and 1 American to space station

By Associated Press

Science Jun 02

FILE PHOTO: The Chang'e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination sit atop the launch pad at the We...
China lands probe on moon’s far side to gather rocks and soil in growing space rivalry with U.S.

A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side.

By Associated Press

Science Feb 26

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft passes over the near side of the Moon following lunar orbit insertion
Private U.S. lunar lander to cease operations Tuesday after landing sideways

Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and flew the spacecraft, said Monday that sunlight will likely stop shining on the solar panels Tuesday morning.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Nation Feb 22

US nears attempt at first moon landing in half century with private robot spacecraft
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U.S. company lands private spacecraft on surface of the moon

It's the first U.S.-built spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years, and the first ever by a private company. The Odysseus lander took off from Cape Canaveral last week and made it to the lunar surface…

By Geoff Bennett, Miles O'Brien, Shoshana Dubnow

Science Sep 02

India's PSLV-C57 blasts off carrying the Aditya-L1 spacecraft in Sriharikota
After successful moon landing, India launches a spacecraft to study the sun

India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon.

By Ashok Sharma, Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press

Aug 10

Russia launches its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years

By Jim Heintz, Emma Burrows, Associated Press

A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on the lunar south pole before a spacecraft from India gets there.

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Apr 19

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Ingenuity’s flight on Mars rings in a new era of aviation

By PBS NewsHour

NASA has made plenty of history with space flights to Mars. But on Monday began a new chapter: it flew on Mars for the first time using an experimental helicopter, Ingenuity. Miles O'Brien takes us out of this world.

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Dec 07

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News Wrap: California goes into lockdown with sharp rise in COVID-19 cases

In our news wrap Monday, COVID-19 numbers continue to rise sharply as much of California goes into lockdown, President-elect Joe Biden announces his selections to oversee the pandemic and health care, the top elections official in Georgia has re-certified the…

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Dec 02

China’s space ambitions include a robot on Mars and a human on the moon

By Joe McDonald, Victoria Milko, Associated Press

China’s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is planning to put humans back on…

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Dec 26

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Why Apollo 8 marked a critical milestone — seven months before the moon landing

It's been 50 years since NASA’s critical Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth, orbit the moon and return. The bold and risky mission paved the way for the moon landing seven months later, at a time when…

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