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China's lunar lander aces touchdown and takeoff tests ahead of planned 2030 crewed moon mission (video)
"For our manned space missions, we must ensure that astronauts land on the lunar surface very comfortably and smoothly." ...
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why
In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support ...
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Nuclear Reactor on the Moon? NASA Chief Says It’s Needed to Power Lunar Base
The Trump administration wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by the end of the decade in a bid to beat Russia and China to ...
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ISRO chief says Moon mission by 2047 is possible
ISRO Chairman, V Narayanan, has hailed India's significant advancements in aerospace and defence technology, positioning it as a global leader.
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NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177 million for 1st multi-rover mission to moon's south pole
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract to deliver a pair of rovers and three scientific instruments to ...
Apollo 13 moon mission leader, played by Tom Hanks in iconic movie, dead at 97: ‘He was our Hero’
Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, died Thursday at the age of 97, NASA announced on Friday. Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering as ...
Texas-based Firefly made history with its moon landing. Here’s how it’s fueling its next adventures
Firefly Aerospace made history in March as the first commercial firm to land a spacecraft upright on the moon. Now, the ...
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Senegal joins space pact shaping the next era of Moon missions
Senegal doesn’t have astronauts or a Moon mission – but it now has a seat at the table where the future of space is being shaped. It has joined the Artemis Accords, a US-led agreement laying down the ...