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China launching Chang’e 6 mission to far side of the moon early May 3 (video)
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China is set to launch its next robotic moon mission on Friday (May 3), and you can watch the action live. A ...
Japan’s Moon Lander Keeps Waking Up After It Was Supposed to Die
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I’m Still Alive Japan’s first Moon lander refuses to die. The spacecraft — dubbed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) — has ...
Japan’s moon lander wasn’t built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It’s still going after 3
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an ...
Intuitive Machines’ historic private moon moon mission comes to an end
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The first successful private moon-landing mission is officially over. On Feb. 22, Intuitive Machines‘ Odysseus spacecraft, affectionately known as Odie, touched down ...
Japan’s SLIM moon lander powers down as long lunar night falls (again)
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As a Japanese moon lander again went dormant, controllers bid farewell. The sun stopped shining above SLIM, short for “Smart Lander for ...
Toppled moon lander sends back more images, with only hours left until it dies
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A moon lander that ended up on its side managed to beam back more pictures, with only ...
President Biden congratulates Intuitive Machines on historic moon landing
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The company that pulled off the first American moon landing in more than half a century just got a shout-out from the country’s ...
Moon lander Odysseus mission to be cut short after sideways touchdown
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By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) -Flight control engineers expect to lose contact with the private U.S. moon lander Odysseus on ...
Japan’s moon lander survives second lunar night, beating predictions
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FILE – This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University shows an image taken by a ...
Moon lander Odysseus tipped sideways on lunar surface but ‘alive and well’
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By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) -The moon lander dubbed Odysseus is “alive and well” but resting on its side a ...
