Human missions
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6 years ago
Beresheet Comes Close before Crashing on the Moon
Planetary.orgMission controllers announced Beresheet had a problem with its main engine, and the spacecraft stopped transmitting shortly thereafter.
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6 years ago
Beresheet is about to land on the Moon
Planetary.orgA successful landing will make SpaceIL the first private organization, and Israel the fourth country, to soft-land on the Moon.
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6 years ago
Beresheet is about to Land on the Moon
Planetary.orgA successful landing will make SpaceIL the first private organization, and Israel the fourth country, to soft-land on the Moon.
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6 years ago
T-minus Five Years and Counting
Planetary.orgCan NASA really return astronauts to the Moon by 2024?
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6 years ago
Beresheet Has Entered Lunar Orbit!
Planetary.orgSpaceIL's Beresheet Moon lander successfully entered lunar orbit today after a 6-minute engine burn that began at 14:18 UTC / 10:18 EDT.
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6 years ago
Beresheet Gears up for Lunar Rendezvous
Planetary.orgThe Israeli spacecraft is set to enter lunar orbit on 4 April at 17:57 UTC (13:57 EDT).
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6 years ago
The Realm of the Ice Giants
Planetary.orgImagine 2 icy worlds far from the Sun. Their serene, blue atmospheres. Huge, ominous-looking storms. Tantalizing glimpses of moons with exotic, icy terrains. Delicate sets of encircling rings.
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6 years ago
Amidst Cuts to NASA, Mars Sample Return May Finally Happen
Planetary.orgThe President's Budget Request for NASA in 2020 would start a Mars Sample Return mission and ramp up efforts to send humans to the Moon. But it would still kick off the first year of a new decade with a half-billion dollar cut to the space agency.
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6 years ago
Yutu-2 Rocks On into Lunar Day 3 for Chang’e-4 mission
Planetary.orgChina’s Yutu-2 rover is continuing to make tracks on the lunar far side.
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6 years ago
Beresheet Overcomes Early Glitches, Continues Journey to the Moon
Planetary.orgThe spacecraft performed its second engine burn, raising the highest point of its orbit to more than a third of the way to the Moon.
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