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Blue Ghost is the first images of the moon’s surface
NASA has successfully landed its Blue Ghost mission on the Moon. The two-metre-tall spacecraft reached a location known as Mare Crisium, which is the darkest part of the moon. Blue Ghost is the first American mission to successfully land on the Moon and is expected to be in the process of commissioning its science payloads.
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Blue Ghost private lander is on the moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander has become the first-ever commercial spacecraft to successfully landed on the Moon. It aims to spend two weeks conducting research experiments provided by NASA. Blue Ghost is a two-metre-high robot, built by Firefly Aerospace of Texas, that will conduct experiments on the Moon’s surface.
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The Starliner astronauts don’t feel let down by Boeing
NASA astronauts, who were left stranded on International Space Station due to technical issues with their spacecraft, said that being stuck in space is just part of the job. “We’re excited to fly in two different spacecraft; I mean…we’re testers, that’s what we do,” they added. They also said they are looking forward to being…
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The Boeing Starliners is back home to an uncertain future
Boeing’s Starliner has successfully completed its first test flight with NASA astronauts on board, becoming the first commercial passenger spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Boeing and NASA are planning to launch Starliner on an operational mission in August 2025. Earlier, Boeing had said that Starliner’s test flight would last about eight…
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Boeing’s Starliner isn’t returning to Earth yet, but they are not stuck
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said on Friday that Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which hasn’t performed a flight since last year, “isn’t stuck”. This comes after reports claimed Boeing and NASA were at odds over the astronauts’ ability to return to Earth after a test flight failed due to a shortage of helium. “We’re not stuck,” McNerney…
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China has recently returned the first ever samples from the far side of the moon
China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft has returned to Earth with the first samples taken from the far side of the Moon. China plans to send its Chang’e 7 spacecraft to the Moon’s south pole in 2026 to search for water and other resources that could potentially support long-term missions on the Moon. The Chang’e 6 probe…
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Boeing’s Starliner is ready to launch a NASA crew
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which is carrying two NASA astronauts, will be launched on Monday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The crewed flight test is a “critical stepping stone to reaching that broader goal”, NASA’s Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. Boeing has been working on the Starliner for 10 years with NASA after…
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The first US moon landing happened more than 50 years ago
US space agency NASA’s Odysseus spacecraft has successfully landed on the Moon, becoming the second private mission to do so. The six-legged, phone-booth-sized spacecraft landed near the Moon’s south pole, around 300 kilometres from the lunar south pole. Odysseus is the second launch, after Astrobotic’s attempt, in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) programme.
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What will be the next step for the mega-rocket?
Elon Musk-led SpaceX has successfully launched its Starship rocket to space, the first test flight of which failed to carry NASA’s Crew Dragon astronauts. The rocket exploded after it separated from the spacecraft. During the April test flight, six of the 33 engines had failed. Earlier, NASA had given SpaceX contracts worth $4 billion to…
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India’s landing on the Moon is a win for science
India’s Chandrayaan-2’s successful landing on the Moon “gives confidence to configuring missions to go to the Moon, Mars, Venus, maybe even asteroids”, ISRO Chairman S Madhavan Nair said. “For example, if the spacecraft lands in a crater, on a slope, or the leg of the lander catches on a boulder, the mission could be compromised,”…
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India became the first nation to land a spaceship near the moon’s south pole
The India-China lunar mission aims to succeed in landing on the Moon after Russia failed to land on the same region as Chandrayaan-3. The landing module for the moon mission includes the lander and rover that will try to land on the Moon’s surface near the South polar region. The crash of Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft…
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The Luna-25 space craft ceased to be after colliding with the Moon
SpaceX’s lunar lander ‘Luna 25’ landed on the Moon on August 21 after a month-long journey. The mission aims to land the spacecraft on the south pole of the moon to study its ice formations and composition. It is the first mission to land a spacecraft on the Moon since a Russian spacecraft landed on…
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Russia is going to provide stranded space station crew members with transportation home
Russian space agency Roscosmos on Saturday said it had delayed the launch of a new spaceship after a cargo ship broke down on Saturday. The launch of an uncrewed capsule was supposed to take place on Monday and bring astronauts and two cosmonauts back to Earth. The spacecraft will carry around 948 pounds of cargo…
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Russia is planning to take stranded space station crew members home
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has decided to delay the launch of a spacecraft meant to replace one that was not safe enough to transport astronauts. Roscosmos was aiming to launch the MS-23 replacement capsule this month and return cosmonauts Alexey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio home. The planned rescue mission was…
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There was a failure of healthcare and parasites on parade.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which flew to the Moon and returned on Thursday, has flown on more than 100 missions since it entered human orbit in 2011. NASA is planning to send it back to the Moon for the first time ever in 2021 after its successful test flight earlier this year. It’s scheduled to return…
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The astronauts left the Moon fifty years ago.
NASA’s new Artemis spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth from the Moon, bringing the total number of landings by NASA on the Moon to 40. NASA hopes to use the Orion capsule and SpaceX human landing system to land astronauts on the moon for phase three of the program by 2025. NASA then aims to…
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The Artemis mission ends with a splashdown.
NASA will test the heat shield of its Orion Spacecraft, which parachuted back to Earth from the Moon, for a second time. This time, it will be flying over the Pacific Ocean with Artemis II, NASA said. The capsule will be carrying two astronauts on a test mission, which is designed to evaluate the spacecraft’s…
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An asteroid is hiding in the sun’s glare.
NASA has conducted its first-ever test of deflecting an asteroid with a spacecraft. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) aimed to change the motion of asteroid Dimorphos, which orbits Didymos. Researchers estimated that it will take about two months to determine if DART was successful in changing Dimorphos’ motion in space in humanity’s first test…