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Where Will Japan's Moon Spacecraft Land? ispace Reveals Why It Chose The 'Sea Of Cold'
ispace revealed that the Mare Frigoris or 'sea of cold' has been chosen for three reasons. First is the stable terrain which ...
Glitch forces Japan's asteroid-sampling Hayabusa2 probe into protective 'safe mode' in deep space
An anomaly has forced the Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 into protective "safe mode" while journeying ...
NASA Celebrates 53rd Anniversary Of Its Youngest Astronaut's Moon Landing During Apollo 16
NASA is celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 16 mission which touched down on the Moon on April 21. Besides being ...
At World Expo, Japan Recalls a Faded Dynamism
The event is stirring memories of an exhibition in 1970, when the postwar Japanese economy was taking off and “you could have dreams about the future.” ...
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Merz’s moon mission? Not so fast
Germany’s new government has pledged to put a European on the moon – which might prove too giant a leap. Soon-to-be German ...