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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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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 ...