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Penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible from several continents

Published on: March 24, 2024
08:51

Washington, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) A penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible between Sunday night and the early hours of Monday throughout the Americas, West Africa, Europe and Oceania, the American Astronomical Society announced.

China successfully launches Earth-Moon communications satellite

Published on: March 20, 2024
11:31

Beijing, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) China successfully launched a satellite on Wednesday that will allow communications between the Earth and the Moon, in view of its future lunar exploration missions. According to the National Space Administration, the Great March-8 carrier rocket took off with the Queqiao-2 relay satellite from the Wenchang launch site in southern Hainan province.

Odysseus module crashes on Moon limiting its mission time

Published on: February 28, 2024
14:02

Washington, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) The Odysseus space vehicle, the first private module to land successfully on the Moon, fell as it was landing Earth's natural satellite, so its loading time was limited and its mission was shortened.

United States back to the Moon

Published on: February 23, 2024
09:20

Washington, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) The successful landing of an unmanned spacecraft on the Earth's natural satellite marks the return of the United States to the moon after half a century, according to media reports today.

Huge asteroid will pass close to Earth

Published on: February 2, 2024
10:32

Washington, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies reported that a huge asteroid will pass today 2.8 million kilometers away from Earth, but without danger to our planet.

India confirms sending a cosmonaut to the Moon in 2040

Published on: December 7, 2023
09:55

New Delhi, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, confirmed the efforts made by the space science of that country to achieve, among other objectives, the sending of a cosmonaut to the Moon in 2040.

China confirms next mission to the hidden face of the moon for 2024

Published on: September 30, 2023
08:34

Beijing, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) China's next expedition to the hidden face of the moon is scheduled for next year and foresees the collection of samples by the probe, local press reported today.

Indian space agency unable to contact rover on Moon

Published on: September 22, 2023
15:23

New Delhi, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has been unable to contact the rover and lander of the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, which was scheduled to be activated on Friday.

Luna-25 automatic station corrects its orbit

Published on: August 18, 2023
13:52

Moscow, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) The Luna-25 automatic station efficiently performed a correction of its orbit around the Moon, the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, informed on Friday.

Russia launches its first lunar mission

Published on: August 11, 2023
07:45

Moscow, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) The Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying Russia’s first mission to the Moon in 40 years took off from the Vostochny cosmodrome, the RosCosmos Space Corporation reported on Friday.

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