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OTD In Space – January 8: Soviet Union Launches 2nd Lunar Rover
On January 8, 1973, the Soviet Union launched the Luna 21 mission to land a rover on the moon. This was the second time that ...
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Launches, moon landings and more: Here's the top spaceflight missions to watch in 2025
Intuitive Machines, which landed on the moon with its robotic IM-1 mission in February 2024, will be launching IM-2 as soon ...
Intuitive Machines set for second landing, looking to build a lunar economy
And a large integration hangar was packed with hardware: two lunar landers, two lunar rover mock-ups, a hopper, and other ...
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Apollo 11 anniversary: Why humans haven't been back to the moon
Earlier in the 1960s, the two superpowers had launched space probes to the moon's surface (the first one to achieve a successful landing was the Soviet Union's Luna 9 in 1966) – but human feet ...
US company Firefly Aerospace to launch for moon next week
US company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the moon next week under an experimental NASA ...
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Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander to study space weather, pesky moon dust using NASA science
The region was the site of three Soviet-era robotic Moon landings in the 1970s. NASA Program Scientist Ryan Watkins said the landing site was chosen because of the data the agency hopes to collect ...
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The Typical American Can’t Answer These Simple NASA Questions
NASA has long been highly visible and is among the most celebrated programs in modern United States history. Some generations ...