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Ultimate Ultima: New Horizons team shares sharpest view of space snowman
Read more →: Ultimate Ultima: New Horizons team shares sharpest view of space snowmanThe most detailed images of a Kuiper Belt object known as 2014 MU69 or Ultima Thule — obtained…
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Japan’s ispace moon mission brings in new partners — and makes deal for battery test
Read more →: Japan’s ispace moon mission brings in new partners — and makes deal for battery testArtwork shows ispace’s Hakuto-R lander and rover on the lunar surface. (ispace Illustration) The Japanese moon venture known…
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Israeli moon lander prepared for launch
Read more →: Israeli moon lander prepared for launchThe completed SpaceIL Beresheet lunar lander is pictured with its solar panels attached. Credit: SpaceIL The privately-funded Israeli…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with Israeli moon lander, Indonesian comsat
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with Israeli moon lander, Indonesian comsatLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
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‘Big step for Israel’: SpaceX launches lunar lander along with high-flying satellites
Read more →: ‘Big step for Israel’: SpaceX launches lunar lander along with high-flying satellitesSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches Indonesia’s Nusantara Satu telecommunications satellite as well as the Israeli Beresheet lunar lander…
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Egyptian observation satellite launched by Russian rocket
Read more →: Egyptian observation satellite launched by Russian rocketCredit: Roscosmos A Soyuz rocket, with the help of a Fregat upper stage, delivered an Egyptian Earth observation…
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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 team says spacecraft touches down on asteroid to grab sample
Read more →: Japan’s Hayabusa 2 team says spacecraft touches down on asteroid to grab sampleAn image captured just after the Hayabusa 2’s touchdown on asteroid Ryugu shows the H-shaped shadow of the…
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Xi meets Chang’e-4 mission representatives
Read more →: Xi meets Chang’e-4 mission representativesBEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met representatives of space…
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Photos: Beresheet lander tested for historic moon mission
Read more →: Photos: Beresheet lander tested for historic moon missionThe Beresheet moon lander will attempt to become the first privately-funded spacecraft to reach the moon, and these…
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Chang’e-4 Probe Switches Back to Dormant Mode
Read more →: Chang’e-4 Probe Switches Back to Dormant ModeBEIJING, Feb. 13 (China Space News) — The lander and the rover of the Chang’e-4 probe have been…
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Improved Long March-6 Rocket to Launch by 2020
Read more →: Improved Long March-6 Rocket to Launch by 2020BEIJING, Feb. 11 (China Space News) — China announced Monday that it is developing the modified version of…
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NASA Probe Captures Chang’e-4 Probe Landing Site Again
Read more →: NASA Probe Captures Chang’e-4 Probe Landing Site AgainWASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — The United States space agency NASA said Friday that its lunar orbiter has…