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China has conducted two spacewalks from its Tiangong space station in as many months and is advancing on its lunar ...
The Wolf Amendment, a law that prevents bilateral cooperation in space research between the U.S. and China, is preventing U.S. government-funded analysis of the Chang'e 5 moon samples.
The sample size set of products Sephora offers as part of their Lunar New Year celebration include designer fragrances, including a Paradoxe Eau de Parfum courtesy of Prada and Perfect Elixir Eau ...
NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.
China's space agency has released the approved list for the eighth batch of lunar sample research applications, allowing applicants to borrow samples returned by both the Chang'e-5 and Chang'e-6 ...
India is eying a return to the moon in 2028, aiming to collect 6.6 pounds of lunar samples from an area thought to be rich in water and ice near the lunar south pole, the Indian Space Research ...
In response to NASA's plea for help bringing the cost and complexity of its Mars sample-return program, Rocket Lab has won a ...
Technicians remove the sample canister from China's Chang'e 5 spacecraft, which returned moon dirt and rock to Earth in December 2020. (Image credit: National Astronomical Observatories, CAS) ...
Chang’e 5 touched down on the Moon in December 2020, where it scooped up a sample of the lunar regolith and returned it to Earth a few weeks later, marking the first successful lunar retrieval ...
There really is water on the moon. Molecules of H 2 O have been detected in lunar rocks for the first time in samples picked up by China’s Chang’e 5 spacecraft.
Chinese scientists have discovered the presence of a special form of carbon in lunar soil retrieved by China’s Chang’e 5 probe, offering new evidence about the geological evolution of ...