moon landing
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India’s Moon Mission Enters Lunar Orbit Ahead of Historic Landing Attempt
India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission is getting closer to the Moon, gradually reducing its altitude above the celestial body’s cratered surface after entering lunar orbit. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that its third mission to the Moon entered lunar orbit on Saturday after firing its propulsion system to guide it towards an elliptical path around…
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These Failed Missions to the Moon Remind Us That Space Is Hard
For millennia, our species looked at the Moon as a place that would forever be beyond our reach, but 20th-century technologies finally made our natural satellite accessible to probes, landers, and even human explorers. Despite these achievements, however, the Moon has furiously resisted our overtures, as these lamentable historical episodes attest.
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Extreme Space Weather, A Very Real Thing, Could Ruin NASA’s Moon Mission
There’s a new challenge threatening our chances of sending man to the moon (again). No, not your weird cousin who believes the moon landing is a hoax, not aliens, wait for it… weather. Much like your friends who are investing in Dogecoin, NASA has a goal for the next few years: the moon. NASA recently…
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NASA Is Soliciting Bids to Bring Capitalism to the Moon
Mankind’s quest to really fuck up the Moon is taking another step. NASA has filed a “request for quotations” for any company willing to scrape the lunar surface for the first off-world sale of space resources, in a sort of baby step towards Moon Capitalism.