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Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure

Russia's state space corporation, Roskosmos, said it had lost contact with the craft at 11:57 GMT on Saturday after a problem as the craft was shunted into pre-landing orbit. A soft landing...

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Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days

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The Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft and three astronauts, takes off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a crewed mission to build China's space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China June 5, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS

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China successfully launches a pilot reusable spacecraft

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NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft

A child stands near a giant screen showing the images of the Tianhe space station at an exhibition featuring the development of China's space exploration on the country's Space Day at China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, China April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

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Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft set to launch to China's space station -state media

SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US January 19, 2020. Photo :Reuters

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SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare program

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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft approaches Earth to drop asteroid samples

The mission will attempt to collect 2 kg (4-1/2 lbs) of samples in a previously unvisited area in a massive lava plain known as Oceanus Procellarum, or “Ocean of Storms”.

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