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China's moon rover to measure lunar freezing night temperature
Science | January 13, 2019 16:23 ISTChang'e-4, named after a Chinese moon goddess and comprising a lander and a rover, touched down on the dark side of the moon on January 3, the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon by any country.
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Chinese rover powers up devices in pioneering moon mission
Science | January 06, 2019 16:34 ISTThe Jade Rabbit 2 rover has succeeded in establishing a digital transmission link with a relay satellite that sends data back to the Beijing control center, the space agency said in a posting late Friday on its website.
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China's Chang'e-4 lunar rover leaves first-ever 'footprint' on moon's far side
Science | January 04, 2019 20:00 ISTThe Chang'e-4 spacecraft scripted history on Thursday when it made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. Named after a Chinese moon goddess, the spacecraft comprises a lander and a rover.
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Human mission to Mars 'stupid': Astronaut
Science | December 25, 2018 11:06 ISTBill Anders, one of the first men to orbit the Moon has said that it is "stupid" to plan human missions to Mars.
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NASA's 1st flight to moon, Apollo 8, marks 50th anniversary
Science | December 19, 2018 6:59 ISTTo this day, that 1968 mission is considered to be NASA's boldest and perhaps most dangerous undertaking. That first voyage by humans to another world set the stage for the still grander Apollo 11 moon landing seven months later.
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NASA eyes return to Moon, to announce partnerships with US companies
Science | November 28, 2018 15:19 ISTWorking with US companies is the next step to achieving long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and Mars, NASA said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Russia will verify American moon landings: Official
Science | November 25, 2018 7:41 ISTConspiracies surrounding NASA's moon missions are common in Russia.
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Decoded: How Mars moon Phobos got its grooves?
Science | November 23, 2018 7:37 ISTPhobos' grooves, which are visible across most of the moon's surface, were first identified in the 1970s by NASA's Mariner and Viking missions.
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NASA probe beams back image of Jupiter's moon Io
Science | November 18, 2018 16:38 ISTJunoCam's raw images are available online for the public to peruse and process into images.
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Earth has two moons, reveals report
Science | November 10, 2018 21:54 ISTAccording to the report, the team of astronomers managed to capture snapshots of the mysterious clouds lurking just 250,000 miles away, roughly the same distance as the moon.
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Rare 5 kg Moon rock auctioned for over USD 600k
Science | October 22, 2018 7:21 ISTThe meteorite is classified as NWA 11789, lunar feldspathic breccia, unofficially known as 'Buagaba' or 'The Moon Puzzle.'
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NASA calls for science payloads for delivery to Moon
Science | October 19, 2018 15:33 ISTThe initial proposal deadline is November 19, 2018, the US space agency said.
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First known moon outside Solar System discovered
Science | October 04, 2018 13:44 IST"This would be the first case of detecting a moon outside our solar system," said David Kipping, an assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia University.
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NASA charts roadmap for human missions to Moon, Mars
Science | September 27, 2018 16:36 ISTThe campaign has five strategic goals, including returning US astronauts to the surface of the Moon to demonstrating the capabilities required for human missions to Mars and other destinations.
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Sai Baba in the moon: Pics go viral on social media
News | September 26, 2018 23:52 ISTSai Baba in the moon: Pics go viral on social media
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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to be first private moon flight passenger, says SpaceX
Science | September 18, 2018 9:15 ISTMaezawa said he wants his guests for the lunar orbit "to see the moon up close, and the Earth in full view, and create work to reflect their experience."
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SpaceX to send first private passenger to Moon, tourist's identity to be revealed soon
Science | September 14, 2018 14:58 ISTThe tourist will fly in the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) being designed to carry people into deep space, the Elon Musk led company said in a tweet.
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Mysterious 'lunar swirls' point to Moon's volcanic, magnetic past
Science | September 09, 2018 17:38 ISTLunar swirls resemble bright, snaky clouds painted on the Moon's dark surface. The most famous, called Reiner Gamma, is about 40 miles long and popular with backyard astronomers.
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Chandrayaan-I data confirms presence of ice on Moon
Science | August 21, 2018 13:15 ISTThe ice deposits are patchily distributed and could possibly be ancient, according to the study published in the journal PNAS.
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Children's Moon: Have you ever seen moon in daytime? This week you can! Know interesting details
Science | August 02, 2018 9:53 ISTThe Moon is undergoing a waning gibbous phase, as it resumes getting closer to the Earth in its orbit, EarthSky.org reported.
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