Chang'e Project China's Chang'e 5 aces lunar orbit docking needed to bring moon samples home space.com - Andrew Jones Two Chinese spacecraft have successfully carried out a docking in lunar orbit to bring home the first samples from the moon in over 40 years. The …
Moon Missions A vintage NASA moon rocket body is officially back in Earth orbit … for now space.com - Meghan Bartels A relic of the early days of spaceflight has likely come back to pay a brief visit to its planet of origin, according to months of observations of a …
Moon Scientists successfully reflect a laser beam between the Earth and LRO orbiting the Moon slashgear.com - Shane McGlaun Over the last decade, NASA scientists have been shooting laser beams at a reflector on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter circling the Moon that’s …
South China Morning Post Space Mystery space object orbiting Earth is rocket from 1966 failed moon mission verified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Associated Press A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old American rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed on …
Moon India's Chandrayaan-2 moon mission hits 1-year mark in lunar orbit space.com - Elizabeth Howell India's Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter has finished one year and 4,400 trips around the moon — and the spacecraft is just getting started, Indian space …
Associated PressMoon Chinese probe orbiting moon with Earth-bound samples Associated Press - APBEIJING (AP) — A Chinese probe was orbiting the moon on Monday in preparation for the returning of samples of the lunar surface to Earth for the first time in almost 45 years. The ascent module of the...
