Moon
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China denied responsibility for a rocket set to slam into the Moon
Feb 22, 2022China on Monday denied responsibility for a rocket set to slam into the Moon, after experts said the piece of space junk likely came from Beijing’s lunar exploration programme. Astronomers initially thought the wayward object was... -
NASA selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972
Apr 18, 2021NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency said on Friday, in a huge victory for Elon Musk’s company. The contract, worth $2.9 billion, involves... -
Unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth
Dec 18, 2020An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth on early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples. While scientists hope the samples will give... -
Blue Origin to take the first woman to the moon’s surface
Dec 6, 2020Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon’s surface, the billionaire said on Friday as NASA nears a decision to pick its first privately built lunar landers capable of sending... -
Nokia and NASA to install 4G network on Moon
Oct 21, 2020With competition among Earth’s telecoms providers as fierce as ever, equipment maker Nokia announced its expansion into a new market on Monday, winning a deal to install the first cellular network on the Moon. The Finnish... -
NASA reveals plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2024
Sep 22, 2020NASA unveiled its latest plan yesterday to send astronauts back to the Moon in 2024, and estimated the cost of meeting that deadline at $28 billion, $16 billion of which would be spent on the lunar... -
Chandrayaan-2 of India begins orbiting Moon
Aug 20, 2019India’s second lunar module has begun orbiting the Moon, nearly a month after blasting off, officials have confirmed. The maneuver to put the module into the lunar orbit was completed at 09:02 local time (04:32 GMT)... -
NASA’s next mission to the Moon to be called Artemis
May 14, 2019NASA’s next mission to the Moon will be called Artemis, the US space agency announced on Monday, though it’s still looking for the money to make the journey happen by its accelerated 2024 deadline. In March,... -
Astronomers announced the possible discovery of the first known moon outside Solar System
Oct 4, 2018Astronomers have announced the possible discovery of the first known moon outside our Solar System. This “exomoon” is not like any in our cosmic neighborhood: it’s the size of Neptune and orbits a planet the size... -
SpaceX signed up the first private passenger to fly around the moon on its huge Big Falcon Rocket
Sep 14, 2018Elon Musk’s space company says it has signed up the first private passenger to fly around the moon on its huge Big Falcon Rocket (BFR). SpaceX said the announcement for the BFR was an important step...
