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First South Korean moon probe launched | Science
The first South Korean moon probe was launched from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida on Thursday evening (local time). The lunar explorer Danuri will spend a year…
NASA probe explores moon orbit before humans go there | NOW
NASA space agency launched the small space probe CAPSTONE on Tuesday. In four months, she must enter an orbit around the moon that has never been completed before. The goal…
Fleeting encounter between Mercury and space probe provides unique photo opportunity
Planet Mercury, during most recent encounter with probe BepiColomboImage ESA/BepiColombo/MTM Only 200 kilometers: on a cosmic scale, that’s nothing. At that distance, the European-Japanese spacecraft Bepicolombo flew past the cratered…
Exciting times for space travel: Starship launches and probe crashes into space rock | NOW
It will be an exciting second half of the year for space travel. Not only will SpaceX finally launch its Starship rocket, NASA will also really start its lunar program…
‘Gift’ from space probe Hayabusa 2 contains the most pristine cosmic material on Earth
The shadow of the unmanned probe Hayabusa 2 glides over the surface of distant asteroid Ryugu, shortly before taking a bite of grit and dust there. That bite has now…
Cycling, Dario Sonda died: he was junior champion of scratch in 2009
The thirty-one year old from Vicenza died as a result of injuries sustained following a road accident Unfortunately Dario Sonda didn’t make it. The thirty-one year old from Vicenza from…
Solar Orbiter space probe closer to the sun than any human device ever
The unmanned spacecraft Solar Orbiter reached its closest point to the sun on Saturday. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the probe has now approached the Sun within about…