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NASA Recreates Apollo 12 Landing to Analyse Future Artemis Mission Risks
The Moon is about to be a busy place, with a series of crewed missions planned by NASA as part of its Artemis program, as well as an influx of upcoming commercial landers eyeing a spot on the lunar surface. Before it sends a fleet of spacecraft to the Moon, however, NASA first wants to…
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The Last Images From Doomed Space Probes
These space explorers managed to document their final moments, sending back precious data before going silent forever.
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NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Spots India’s Historic Landing Site on the Moon
India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander was spotted on the Moon just a few days after touching down on its cratered surface near the lunar south pole. NASA’s trusty Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured images of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site on the Moon’s surface on August 27, revealing an overhead view of the Vikram lander surrounded by a…
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India’s Moon Mission Makes Unprecedented Measurements at the Lunar South Pole
It’s been less than a week since India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission became the first to touch down on the Moon’s south pole, and its lander is wasting no time collecting valuable data from the unexplored region. Using a temperature probe on board the Vikram lander, Chandrayaan-3 measured the temperature profile of the lunar soil in the…