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India launches rocket towards the sun after successful moon lander mission | World News
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Ten days after India’s success in landing the first ever spacecraft on the southern side of the moon, the country has launched ‘Aditya L1’, its first mission to study the sun. The spacecraft was launched on the polar satellite launch vehicle rocket, from Sriharikota on the eastern coast of India at 11.50am local time. The…
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Russia launches first moon mission in almost 50 years | Science & Tech News
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Russia has launched its first moon mission in almost 50 years. A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off from the Vostochny spaceport in the far eastern Amur region. Russia launches lunar spacecraft – war latest It’s expected to reach its destination on 23 August, the same day as an Indian vessel that launched…
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Euclid telescope launches on mission to uncover secrets of dark universe | Science & Tech News
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A European space telescope has been launched on a million-mile journey to map the dark universe. The Euclid space telescope, named after the ancient Greek mathematician, will spend six years venturing through space, observing billions of galaxies as it does so. It was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida…
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Richard Branson ends Virgin Orbit operations after UK space mission failure | Science & Tech News
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has announced it will be shutting down. It comes a few months after a space mission ended in disappointment, when a rocket carrying the first satellites launched from the UK failed to reach orbit and was lost. On Tuesday, the firm revealed it was closing down after its assets were sold…
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Juice mission delayed: The European Space Agency’s mission to find alien life on Jupiter’s moons | Science & Tech News
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A space mission with a name like no other is about to embark on a journey to find alien life on the moons of Jupiter – when the weather allows, at least. Juice (that’s short for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) is a European Space Agency (ESA) venture to make unprecedentedly detailed observations of the gas…
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Juice: The European Space Agency’s mission to find alien life on Jupiter’s moons | Science & Tech News
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A space mission with a name like no other is about to embark on a journey to find alien life on the moons of Jupiter. Juice (that’s short for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) is a European Space Agency (ESA) venture to make unprecedentedly detailed observations of the gas giant. It will include searching its icy…
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Virgin Orbit explains first satellite mission from UK failed to reach orbit due to rocket fuel error | Science & Tech News
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The first satellite mission from UK soil failed to reach orbit last month because a rocket fuel filter had become dislodged, Virgin Orbit has said. Virgin Orbit sent up a jumbo jet carrying the rocket from Cornwall on 9 January. But excitement turned to disappointment when the rocket failed to deploy its payload of nine…
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Walter Cunningham: Last surviving astronaut from Apollo 7 mission dies | US News
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Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, has died aged 90. Cunningham joined crewmates Walter Schirra and Donn Eisele for the 11-day Apollo 7 mission in 1968, which was conducted in low-Earth orbit. Their mission was the first human test flight of the new Apollo…
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NASA’s Orion spacecraft to splash back down to Earth after successful moon mission | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash back down on earth in an hour’s time after a 25-day trip around the moon. The uncrewed capsule, which is designed to carry astronauts, should land in the Pacific Ocean near Guadalupe Island at 5.39pm UK time. The splashdown is the final hurdle in what has been a successful demonstration…
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Chinese astronauts land back on Earth after six-month mission | Science & Tech News
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Three Chinese astronauts have landed back on Earth after six months spent completing construction of the Tiangong station, state TV reported. Commander Chen Dong and astronauts Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe touched down in a capsule at a landing site in the Gobi Desert in northern China at around 12.10pm, according to China Central Television.…