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Launches, spacecraft, satellites, exploration programs and the engineering that carries people and instruments beyond Earth.
In April 2019 the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed into the lunar surface carrying…
A European-Chinese spacecraft just launched to photograph something nobody has ever…
The Soviet Union landed a probe on Venus in 1970 that survived only 23 minutes before…
Later-life curiosity is associated with some measures of healthier ageing, but it does…
Norway's sovereign wealth fund — built entirely from oil revenue — is now the single…
In 1982 the Soviet Union landed a probe on the surface of Venus that survived 127…
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet brigade chief Vasily Arkhipov helped calm a…
The Cassini spacecraft was deliberately flown into Saturn in 2017 because its fuel was…
Voyager 1's signal now takes more than 23 hours to reach Earth, and by the time NASA…
The Pioneer 10 and 11 probes carry gold plaques designed by Carl Sagan in three weeks…
