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CNN

A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and the Luna 25 lunar lander blasts off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia. Roscosmos/Reuters.

Space.com

Lunar Trailblazer joins a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice. a cube-shaped satellite in orbit above the moon. A rendering of Lunar Trailblazer in orbit above the moon. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin).

Florida Today

NASA’s next crewed mission to the International Space Station is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center on an American rocket and capsule built by SpaceX. What sets Crew-7 apart from the others in the series of long-duration missions is that only one …

The New York Times

A Russian robotic spacecraft that was headed to the lunar surface has crashed into the moon, Russia’s space agency said on Sunday, citing the results of a preliminary investigation a day after it lost contact with the vehicle. It is the latest setback …

Space.com

Russia’s first moon mission in nearly half a century may be in serious trouble. The Luna-25 spacecraft was supposed to maneuver itself into its final pre-landing orbit around the moon today (Aug. 19), ahead of a touchdown attempt on Monday (Aug.

Spaceflight Now

An animation depicts the Luna 25 probe in orbit above the Moon’s surface. Image: Roscomos. Russia’s first mission to the Moon for nearly 50 years ended in failure when the Luna 25 spacecraft crashed …

Spaceflight Now

From left to right: Mission Specialist Konstantin Borisov, Pilot Andreas Mogensen, Commander Jasmin Moghbeli, and Mission Specialist Satoshi Furukawa. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. The next four crew members …

Space.com

An international group of researchers captured ‘the most detailed’ data on gamma-rays and thunderclouds ever. Comments (0). a plane with a large wingspan flies under cloudy skies. A NASA ER-2 aircraft flies a mission for ALOFT mission to study …

Florida Today

The quartet will remain at the station for about 190 days, including an initial five-day “handover” period with departing Crew-6. Rick Neale. Florida Today. 0:00. 1:45. Stepping out of a white-and-blue NASA jet, U.S. astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli waved to …

The Washington Post

Previously, scientists had planted novel items throughout the forest at Suaq Balimbing, a protected biodiversity area in Sumatra whose orangutans are monitored by conservation biologists. But during those earlier experiments, the apes were so cautious of …