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Hard soil, big jumps and epiphanies: what it’s like on the Moon
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July 10, 2019
Hard soil, big jumps and epiphanies: what it’s like on the Moon
Twelve American men walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972, with most describing in great detail their experiences on…
Womankind’s giant leap: who will be the first female moonwalker?
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June 15, 2019
Womankind’s giant leap: who will be the first female moonwalker?
Who will take the giant leap for womankind? More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo program, NASA…
US wants astronauts back on Moon within five years: Pence
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March 27, 2019
US wants astronauts back on Moon within five years: Pence
Vice President Mike Pence announced Tuesday that the United States intends to send astronauts back to the Moon within five…
Israel’s first Moon mission blasts off from Florida
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February 22, 2019
Israel’s first Moon mission blasts off from Florida
An unmanned rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft, aiming to make…
NASA heading back to Moon soon, this time to stay
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February 15, 2019
NASA heading back to Moon soon, this time to stay
NASA is accelerating plans to return Americans to the Moon, and this time, the US space agency says it will…
Total lunar eclipse woos sky watchers
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January 21, 2019
Total lunar eclipse woos sky watchers
An unusual set of celestial circumstances came together over Sunday night and the wee hours of Monday for sky…
China’s first plant to grow on moon is already dead
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January 18, 2019
China’s first plant to grow on moon is already dead
Beijing (CNN) The first plant to be grown on the moon by humans is likely dead already, Chinese scientists said…
Cottoning on: Chinese seed sprouts on moon
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January 15, 2019
Cottoning on: Chinese seed sprouts on moon
A small green shoot is growing on the moon in an out-of-this-world first after a cotton seed germinated on…
China lands probe on far side of moon in world first
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January 3, 2019
China lands probe on far side of moon in world first
A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon on Thursday, in a global first that boosts…
China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing
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December 8, 2018
China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing
China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first…