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Lunar rocks, soil brought back by Chang'e 5 handed over to scientists
Dec 21, 2020 (XNA)
The samples were handed over by Zhang Kejian, head of the space administration, to Hou Jianguo, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at a delivery cere...
Success of lunar mission hailed
Dec 21, 2020 (XNA)
On behalf of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission, Xi extended warm congratulations and sincere...
Next lunar mission to sample pole or far side
Dec 18, 2020 (XNA)
Wu Yanhua, deputy head of China National Space Administration, told China Daily on Thursday after a news conference in Beijing that project managers' current pl...
China's space landing site chosen with utmost care
Dec 18, 2020 (XNA)
Before the landing of Chang'e 5 at 1:59 am on Thursday, the site also welcomed back 11 Shenzhou spacecraft designed for China's manned spaceflight program, as w...
China ponders moon base within five years
Dec 18, 2020 (Sputnik)
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced it will analyse whether it can build a permanent base on the moon, media reports revealed on Thursday. ...
Innovative Hydraulics awarded contract to support NASA's Artemis program
Dec 17, 2020 (SPX)
With the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface th...
NASA, Canadian Space Agency formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis Program
Dec 17, 2020 (SPX)
Under this agreement, CSA will provide the Gateway's external robotics system, including a next-generation robotic arm, known as Canadarm3. CSA also will provid...
Chinese craft returns to Earth with Moon rocks
Dec 17, 2020 (AFP)
The mission was the first in four decades to collect lunar samples, emulating the feats of the United States and the Soviet Union from the 1960s and 1970s -- an...
Canadian will join Moon mission for first time in 2023
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
"I am proud to announce another first: Canada will join the US on the first crewed mission to the Moon since the Apollo mission," the minister, Navdeep Bains, t...
Chinese craft carrying Moon rocks returns to Earth: Xinhua
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
The capsule carrying the samples collected by the Chang'e-5 space probe landed in northern China's Inner Mongolia region, Xinhua said, quoting the China Nationa...
Chang'e 5 makes orbital correction on way back to Earth
Dec 15, 2020 (XNA)
The orbiter-reentry capsule combination activated two 25-newton-thrust engines at 11:13 am. The engines were operational for 28 seconds and completed the maneuv...
Chang'e 5 in moon-to-Earth trajectory
Dec 14, 2020 (XNA)
The orbiter-reentry capsule combination of China's Chang'e 5 robotic probe has started its journey back to Earth, moving closer to the completion of its landmar...
Chang'e 5 makes 1st moon-Earth transfer injection maneuver to return home
Dec 13, 2020 (XNA)
The combination had been traveling in a near-circular lunar orbit for nearly six days before conducting the maneuver, which is intended to enable the spacecraft...
National team submits Lunar proposal To NASA
Dec 11, 2020 (SPX)
Blue Origin leads the Human Landing System (HLS) National Team, which includes Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper. Together, these partners guided Ap...
NASA Names Artemis Team of Astronauts Eligible for Early Moon Missions
Dec 10, 2020 (SPX)
Vice President Mike Pence introduced the members of the Artemis Team Wednesday during the eighth National Space Council meeting at NASA's Kennedy Space Center i...
Simulations could unlock mystery of the Moon's formation
Dec 09, 2020 (SPX)
Scientists led by Durham University, UK, ran supercomputer simulations on the DiRAC High-Performance Computing facility to send a Mars-sized planet - called The...
Chang'e 5 set to start journey to Earth
Dec 09, 2020 (XNA)
The rocks and dust from the moon have been delivered from Chang'e 5's ascender to their final host-the probe's reentry capsule, which will later bring them to E...
NASA defines science priorities for first crewed Artemis landing on Moon
Dec 09, 2020 (SPX)
The Artemis III Science Definition Team, which comprises federal employees and consultants with expertise in lunar science, began meeting in September to define...
Ascender of Chang'e 5 leaves lunar orbit, lands on moon
Dec 09, 2020 (XNA)
The ascender previously took off from the lunar surface and completed rendezvous and docking with the probe's orbiter-returner combination in the lunar orbit. A...
MDA announces contract for Canadarm3
Dec 09, 2020 (SPX)
As MDA's most ambitious space exploration project yet, Canadarm3 will operate aboard Gateway, a NASA-led deep space outpost that will orbit the Moon beginning i...
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