News Archive / Tagged: Moon
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India lands robotic Chandrayaan-3 near Moon’s south pole
Derek RichardsonAugust 23rd, 2023India successfully soft-landed a robotic spacecraft on the Moon, becoming the fourth country to do so, and the first to touchdown at the south pole region.
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Russia’s Luna 25 enters orbit around the Moon
Anastasia StepanovaAugust 17th, 2023Less than a week after its launch, Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft has entered orbit around the Moon with the goal of landing as early as next week.
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India launches its Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing mission
Derek RichardsonJuly 14th, 2023India's Chandrayaan-3 mission lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. It includes the country’s second attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon.
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Orion heat shield for Artemis 2 has been installed
Derek RichardsonJune 28th, 2023With some 18 months until the crewed Artemis 2 mission, teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida have completed the installation of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.
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Artemis 2 Space Launch System core stage nearly complete
Derek RichardsonMarch 23rd, 2023The second Space Launch System core stage has been fully integrated. It'll be used to send the Artemis 2 mission and four astronauts to the Moon next year.
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Spacesuit prototype revealed for Artemis 3 Moon landing
Derek RichardsonMarch 15th, 2023When NASA astronauts return to the surface of the Moon in the next several years, they’ll be using a spacesuit built by Axiom Space.
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Orion capsule makes pinpoint splashdown in Pacific Ocean
Derek RichardsonDecember 11th, 2022After more than 25 days in deep space, NASA’s Orion capsule has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing the uncrewed Artemis 1 Moon mission.
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SpaceX launches private Japanese Hakuto-R Moon lander
Theresa CrossDecember 11th, 2022After a nearly two-week delay, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Japan-based ispace’s small Hakuto-R M1 lunar lander toward the Moon.
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Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft prepares for its Earth return journey
Derek RichardsonNovember 30th, 2022More than halfway through the Artemis 1 mission, NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft is set to begin its return journey to Earth.
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NASA’s Artemis 1 Space Launch System Moon rocket finally flies!
Theresa CrossNovember 16th, 2022In the dark of night, NASA’s long-delayed Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket finally took to the skies to send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to the Moon.
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CAPSTONE arrives at the Moon to verify unique orbit
Derek RichardsonNovember 14th, 2022A small CubeSat has entered into a special orbit to verify its characteristics before NASA sends the much larger Lunar Gateway there several years later.
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NASA’s CAPSTONE pathfinder mission launched toward the Moon
Theresa CrossJune 28th, 2022A small CubeSat called CAPSTONE is on its way to the Moon to evaluate a special orbit destined to be used for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station.
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50-year-old Apollo Moon samples unsealed for the first time
Theresa CrossApril 1st, 2022Moon rock and dust samples collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972, “sealed for posterity” 50 years ago, were unlocked from their celestial time capsule.
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Boeing tests all-composite cryogenic propellant tank
Theresa CrossFebruary 23rd, 2022At the end of 2021, Boeing completed a series of tests on a “large, fully-composite, linerless cryogenic tank” at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama.
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Blue Origin lunar lander lawsuit dismissed by federal judge
Derek RichardsonNovember 4th, 2021A United States Court of Federal Claims judge dismissed a lawsuit by Blue Origin versus NASA over the agency’s decision to award the Human Landing System contract solely to SpaceX.
