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Earth’s new Quasi-Moon might be a Russian satellite; Why this Harvard astrophysicist thinks so and what is its Venus connectionProfessor Avi Loeb suggests Earth's new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, might be a relic of the 1960s Soviet space race. His research indicates its o...- Forgotten Soviet Venus mission ends with a bang as doomed spacecraft plummets to Earth after 50 years adrift in orbitAfter 50 years, the Soviet Union's Kosmos 482 Descent Craft, intended for Venus, made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The...
- Kosmos 482 falls to Earth: lost Soviet Venus probe finally comes homeKosmos 482, a Soviet probe launched in 1972, recently crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The mission to Venus failed due to a rocket malfuncti...
- Soviet-era spacecraft heading towards Earth this month could be a bad news; here’s whyKosmos 482, a spacecraft now heading towards Earth, was launched by the Soviets in 1972. The mission was intended for Venus. However, a roc...
- Is a failed Soviet spacecraft from the Cold War era about to crash into Earth; and where could it land?A defunct Soviet spacecraft from 1972, originally built to land on Venus, is now hurtling back to Earth after over 50 years in orbit. Expec...
- Top Russian scientist rushed to hospital after Luna-25 crashed into MoonMikhail Marov, a top scientist working on the Luna-25 mission, has been hospitalized after the failure of its space mission. Marov, aged 90...
- Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon: How and why it happenedThe Luna-25 was in a race with India's Chandrayaan-3 mission's lander module the only spacecraft in the race to touch down on the lunar sur...
- China names Mars rover after traditional fire godThe rover is aboard the Tianwen-1 probe that arrived in Mars orbit on Feb. 24 and is due to land in May to look for evidence of life. It is...
- China's space probe brought 1,731 grams of samples from the moonScientists will carry out the storage, analysis and research of the country's first samples collected from the extra-terrestrial object, th...
- China's Chang'e-5 mission a success, spacecraft brings home first moon samples in 40 yearsThe spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time), according to the China...
- China prepares for return of Chang'e lunar probe with moon samplesThe Chang'e probe is expected to land in the Siziwang district of the vast Inner Mongolia region late Wednesday or early Thursday. It fired...
- China's Chang'e-5 completes first orbital correction en route to EarthThe Chang'e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a returner was launched on November 24, and its lander-ascender combi...
- Chinese space capsule with 2 kgs moon rocks begins return to EarthThe return capsule is expected to land in northern China in the Inner Mongolia region after a three-day journey. The material would be the ...
- China's Chang'e-5 probe drills moon's surface, collects samplesThe lander first drilled a 2-meter-deep hole, digging out soil, and sealed it up at 4:53 a.m. on Wednesday. Next, it will use its robotic a...
- China's space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moonChina is a generation behind the United States and Russia, but its secretive, military-linked program is developing rapidly. It is creating...
- China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to EarthThe lander was launched Nov. 24 from the tropical southern island of Hainan. It is the latest venture by a Chinese space program that sent ...
- China prepares moon probe to bring back lunar rocksBeijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually se...
- China hopes its Mars probe start at 'higher level' than IndiaChina plans to launch its first Mars probe by 2020 and scientists hope that the comprehensive mission will start at a "higher level" than I...
- China plans mission to land a probe on Mars in 2021China plans to land a probe on Mars in 2021 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of founding of the ruling-Communist Party of China.
- China rover sets record for longest stay on MoonChina's first lunar rover, Yutu, which has been operating on the Moon for almost two years, has set the record for the longest stay by a ro...
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