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NASA has extended the duration of the Juno and InSight missions for Jupiter and Mars

NASA announced that it has extended the Juno and InSight missions (for Jupiter and Mars) given the scientifically relevant results obtained in recent months. It is also a way to limit spending while still collecting data. by Mattia Speroni published 11 January 2021 , at 16: 20 in the Science and Technology channel NASA La… Read more

NASA InSight: 480 earthquakes detected on Mars in just over a year

The NASA InSight mission is currently in function on Mars to learn more about the structure of the Red Planet. Since April 2019, when the first motorcycle was detected, more than 480! by Mattia Speroni published 19 December 2020 , at 16: 31 in the Science and Technology channel NASA Of the mission NASA InSight… Read more

Lunar probe Chang'e 5 with lunar rocks back on Earth

As the third space travel nation after the USA and the Soviet Union, China brought moon rocks to earth for the first time. After the unmanned lunar mission, the capsule of the spaceship “Chang’e 5” landed in the early hours of the night on Thursday, local time, with around 2 kg of lunar samples in… Read more

China returns sample of lunar dirt to Earth

China’s first mission to return a sample of dirt from the Moon just arrived back at Earth, with a container of lunar rocks in tow, China state media confirmed. A capsule of lunar material scraped up by a Chinese spacecraft landed this afternoon in a very snowy Inner Mongolia, after plunging through Earth’s atmosphere and… Read more

The Chinese mission Chang'e-5 is about to return to Earth with samples from the Moon

The Chang’e-5 mission is about to come to an end with the scheduled landing for tomorrow of the capsule that will bring back the Moon samples to Earth (the last time was with the Apollo missions). The return should take place in the evening, Italian time. by Mattia Speroni published 15 December 2020 , at… Read more