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Europa Clipper: NASA spacecraft blasts off to find out if Jupiter moon can support life | Science & Tech News
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A NASA spacecraft has launched from Florida on a mission to find out if Jupiter’s icy moon Europa could support life. The craft, called Europa Clipper, was on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket which blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral under sunny skies. Its launch had been delayed for several days by…
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What NASA’s mission to Jupiter moon can – and can’t – achieve | Science & Tech News
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Ever since the Galileo spacecraft flew by Jupiter’s icy moons in 1989, scientists interested in life beyond our planet have been desperate to go back. Europa Clipper, which blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, is doing just that. Galileo found clear evidence that while Ganymede, Calisto and Europa have barren frozen surfaces,…
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Moon cave ‘could be base’ for future astronauts, scientists say | Science & Tech News
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An underground cave stretching tens of metres below an open pit on the moon has been discovered which could be a potential base for future astronauts, say scientists. This is the first lunar tunnel to be found which could be accessible to humans, according to researchers. The hollowed passage lies beneath a pit about 100…
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First samples ever collected from ‘far side’ of the moon make it back to earth | World News
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China’s lunar probe has returned to Earth, making the country the first to bring back samples from the moon’s far side. The re-entry capsule of the Chang’e probe touched down in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia at about 2pm Beijing time (7am UK time), carrying lunar soil collected earlier in June. At the…
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China lands Chang’e-6 spacecraft on far side of moon in mission to bring back samples for first time | Science & Tech News
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China has landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon to collect soil and rock samples and bring them back to Earth for the first time. The Chang’e-6 craft touched down in a huge crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin at 6.23am Beijing time on Sunday (11.23pm on Saturday in the UK),…
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Chinese mission set to blast off to far side of moon: What you need to know about NASA and China’s space race | Science & Tech News
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China’s Chang’e-6 robotic spacecraft is due to blast off on Friday, hoping to become the first mission to collect rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon. It is the next step in a tense race between NASA and China to create bases on the moon, and from there, lift off to…
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‘Wall of death’ workout on the moon could keep lunar settlers in shape | Science & Tech News
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Running around a ‘wall of death’ could keep people healthy on the moon, according to new research. Scientists at the University of Milan tied people to bungee cords to replicate lunar gravity and asked them to run around a rented ‘wall of death’, which they had loaned from an amusement park. The test subjects needed…
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Moon to get its own time zone created by NASA – but clocks work differently there | Science & Tech News
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The moon will get its own time zone after the White House directed NASA to develop a unified lunar time standard by the end of 2026. The Coordinated Lunar Time, or LTC, would provide a time-keeping benchmark for lunar spacecraft and satellites that will require extreme precision for their missions. Having a standard lunar time…
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Odysseus lander shown touching down on moon with broken leg in dramatic new pictures | Science & Tech News
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Dramatic new images have been released of the Odysseus spacecraft landing on the moon. The pictures, along with huge amounts of data, have been downloaded just hours before night falls at the lunar south pole and the lander’s batteries run out of power. Intuitive Machines, the US company behind the mission, said it will now…
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Odysseus mission to be cut short after moon lander’s sideways touchdown | Science & Tech News
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The Odysseus probe will cut short its mission on the moon today, with engineers expecting to lose contact with the lander this morning. The craft touched down on the surface last week in a “nail-biting” descent that saw the first ever privately owned lander reach the moon and the first from the US since 1972.…