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India to attempt its next moon landing with Chandrayaan 3 launch in August

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India plans to give landing on the moon a second try with its Chandrayaan 3 mission, which is now targeted to launch in August. In 2019, the Chandrayaan 2 mission’s Vikram lander crashed into the moon late in the landing process, although the accompanying orbiter is still at work studying the moon from a distance. … Read more

A rogue rocket is on course to crash into the moon. It won’t be the first.

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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University In a few weeks’ time, a rocket launched in 2015 is expected to crash into the moon. The fast-moving piece of space junk is the upper stage … Read more

SpaceX rocket stage on a collision course with the moon captured in telescope images

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See the SpaceX booster? If you spot SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster in a telescope before it hits the moon, let us know! Send images and comments in to [email protected].  A SpaceX rocket’s upper stage was caught on camera careening toward a collision course with the moon. Virtual Telescope Project founder Gianluca Masi caught the Falcon … Read more

You can see the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on a collision course with the moon in a live webcast today

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See the SpaceX booster? If you spot SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster in a telescope before it hits the moon, let us know! Send images and comments in to [email protected].  A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster will crash into the lunar surface in March, and you can track the rogue rocket as it nears the moon.  The … Read more

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into moon 1 month from today

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage is poised to slam into the moon one month from today (Feb. 4). In February 2015, the Falcon 9 launched the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), a joint mission between the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. The rocket carried DSCOVR toward the Earth-sun Lagrange … Read more

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission rocket faces new delays

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NASA’s first Artemis moon mission will have to wait to launch.  The rollout for the agency’s Artemis 1 mission, the first flight of its Artemis program that will ultimately return humans to the moon, has been pushed back. NASA announced Wednesday (Feb. 2) that the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion capsule won’t … Read more

Fisher debuts Artemis, Moonwalker space pens for return to moon

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Fisher Space Pen is ready for NASA’s next missions to the moon, 50 years after its writing instruments were used by astronauts on the lunar surface. The Nevada-based, family-run company has introduced its new Artemis Space Pen series, as well as a special edition of its original model space pen that made history on NASA’s … Read more

The moon and Jupiter pair up in the night sky tonight! Here’s what to expect.

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Skywatchers will be treated to a celestial duet tonight (Feb. 2) as the new moon passes near Jupiter.  Jupiter will appear very close to, or in conjunction with, the crescent moon, with the moon passing just over 4 degrees to the south of the bright gas giant at 4:10 p.m. EST (2110 GMT). (Your clenched … Read more