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An artist's impression of the Japanese SLIM spacecraft approaching the moon landing. Credit: JAXA

Japan makes history by landing on the moon

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However, the mission's lifetime will probably be much shorter than planned due to problems with the solar power generation
A view of the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft from the Tianhe Central Module of the Tiangong Space Station. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO).

The Chinese supply spacecraft Tianzhou-7 has arrived at the Chinese space station Tiangong

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A view of the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft from the Tianhe Central Module of the Tiangong Space Station. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO).
Paved surfaces around a lunar base. An artist's perception. Courtesy of the European Space Agency

How to pave roads on the moon

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With the development of civilization comes roads, and this will be especially true on the moon. To do this, the dust must be kept away. In the Apollo era, dust blocked equipment and worn space suits.
The Pragyan spacecraft captured this image of the Vikram lander on August 30, before the lunar night enveloped it in its chilly darkness.

The lunar day rose, but the Indian lunar lander and rover failed to wake up

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As the day dawned last Friday, ISRO started trying to communicate with the lander. There has been no answer so far, and it is possible that the lander and the vehicle will be buried up to about 600 km from the south pole of the moon
Simulation of the landing of the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft on the moon. Image: ISRO

India's Chandrayaan-3 Landing at the South Pole of the Moon - Space Policy Expert Explains the Context

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The fact that so many nations - the United States, Russia, China, India, Israel - and even commercial entities are interested in landing on the moon means that there are many opportunities to create new partnerships
Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Niyadi in a sleep lab experiment on the International Space Station. NASA photo. The experiment was designed to improve the sleep quality and general health of the astronauts during long space missions

The Emirati astronaut marks half a year in space

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A few weeks ago, the astronaut Sultan Al Nyadi participated in a sleep laboratory experiment on the space station
The last communication from the Hakuto-R spacecraft three seconds before the scheduled landing. Screenshot from the live broadcast

The CEO of the Japanese ISPACE admits: the Hakuto-R spacecraft crashed on the moon

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As in the case of the Bereshit spaceship, the landing phase is critical * The person who was the chairman of the Israel Space Agency at the time of the Bereshit spaceship crash says in a conversation with the Hidaan site: "In the Bereshit the engine was turned off due to human error, we should wait and see what happened today"
The location of the cameras on the HAKUTO-R lander. PR photo, ISPACE

Live: Update. The Japanese spacecraft crashed on the moon

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We will continue to update the surfers when there is data
Illustration courtesy of Dassault Systèmes

The European Space Agency and Dassault Systèmes will support startups in the new space field

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Startups in Europe will be able to benefit from access to Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform, from the mentoring program of the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab innovation lab, and from networking assistance
The Chinese space station Tiangong. The rockets that bring the components to it enter back into the atmosphere without control. Image: depositphotos.com

An uncontrolled Chinese launcher crashed in the Indian Ocean on Saturday

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The upper stage of the Long March 5 launcher that uploaded a module to the Chinese space station Tiangong about a week ago crashed. These launchers lack a control system for re-entry into the atmosphere
An artist's impression of what Triton, Neptune's largest moon, might look like from a great height above its surface. The distant Sun appears at the top left and Neptune's blue crescent at right of center. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada.

China's nuclear mission to Neptune-Rahab

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In addition to its intriguing internal structure (and strange phenomena like diamond rain!), scientists believe that Neptune played an important role in the formation of the solar system and that its composition includes large amounts of gas that was part of the prestellar nebula from which the solar system formed
The International Space Station. Photo: depositphotos.com

The Russian space agency intends to leave the International Space Station

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However, no official announcement has yet been made, and even then, the Russians are obliged to give a year's notice in advance
A banner produced on the occasion of 20 consecutive years of manning the International Space Station in 2018. Photo: NASA

Power blocs in space: The future of international cooperation in space is splitting along lines of power on Earth

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An expert in space law and international relations says that even the entry of commercial companies will not solve the problem because they are subject to the laws of the country in which they are registered
Anti-satellite weapon. Illustration: shutterstock

The US will stop testing anti-satellite weapons and demand that this become an international norm; China: developing systems for towing satellites

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US Vice President Kamala Harris announced this in a review before the Space Guard; more than 1,600 pieces are floating in space since the Russian test about six months ago, over 2,400 pieces are still floating 15 years after the Chinese test; Russia is setting conditions indirectly related to the war in Ukraine
Soyuz launcher on the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Russia voluntarily disengages from the space programs, including the private ones

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The Russian space agency Roscosmos then dropped the launch from a launcher carrying satellites for the ONEWEB project as a continuation of punitive measures against the West in the field of space
A Soyuz spacecraft is approaching the space station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The head of the Russian space agency threatens: we will stop providing stabilization services to the International Space Station "from our side it will fall on the USA or Europe"

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Director of Roscosmos Dimitri Rogozin referred to the DMS-R facility used to navigate the station, although it was designed by the European Space Agency and integrated into the Russian component of the Zavezda space station * Also, the Progress cargo spaceships occasionally provide station orbit raising services * Elon Musk suggested that the SpaceX cargo spaceships perform the track repairs in place of the ruins
Sergey Kryklav in an official photo of the Russian Space Agency

Buried in space - the story of the cosmonaut who was abandoned in space

In 1991, cosmonaut Sergey Krikalev made one of the most difficult decisions of his life: to stay on the Soviet space station indefinitely. He did this even though he knew that the country that sent him into space had disintegrated, and there was no one to replace him
space debris Illustration: depositphotos.com

Russia conducted an anti-satellite weapon test in which a downed satellite exploded and the resulting debris threatens the international and Chinese space stations

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Russia conducted an anti-satellite weapon experiment in which an old Russian satellite exploded without prior warning to those responsible for the space sector in the Western armies, the Cosmos 1408 satellite was launched back in 1982 during the Soviet Union
Boeing Starliner. Credit: Boeing

NASA and Boeing continue to make progress towards the second Starliner test launch in June

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After SpaceX overtakes Boeing, NASA and Boeing continue preparations for the second, as-yet-unmanned flight of Starliner to prove that the system can safely carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station
Chinese astronauts (from left) Tang Hongbo, Ni Haisheng and Liu Boming are the first crew of China's space station. Photo: Xinhua

The three Chinese astronauts on Shanghai 12 have arrived at the new space station

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China has successfully launched the Shenzhou 12 spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts to begin the installation of the Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) permanent space station. In the next two years, 11 launches are expected, four of the spacecraft will be manned
Visualization of the Chinese space station Tiangong 1. Photo: depositphotos.com

China may gain a monopoly on space stations

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Artist's illustration depicting the Tianwen-1 Mars rover. Figure: China National Space Agency

China's probe lands on Mars

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Tianwen-1 - Illustration illustrating the rover, lander and all-terrain vehicle of the first Chinese mission to Mars. Figure CNSA

The Chinese Tianwan-1 spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Mars

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Tianwen-1 makes China the sixth country in history to reach Mars. The fifth country to do so is the United Arab Emirates whose spacecraft, Hope, entered orbit around the Red Planet yesterday
Chinese flag on the Martian soil. Illustration: shutterstock

How did Mars become the prize in the new space race and why is China winning?

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No one will doubt that China aims to win the new space race. Not only is it the only country to have landed on the moon in over 40 years, but it is also the first to make a soft landing on the far side of the moon, plant a flag on the lunar soil and even bring lunar soil samples to Earth. It is now also landing a robotic all-terrain vehicle on Mars
James Webb Space Telescope. Illustration: shutterstock

Six space missions to look forward to in 2021

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Space exploration achieved several milestones in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, including commercial manned space flights and the return of asteroid samples to Earth. Fascinating tasks are expected in 2021, some of which mark breakthroughs
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