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Cape Canaveral (US), Apr 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Cristóbal Herrera) NASA and the SpaceX company successfully launched the second manned commercial mission to the Space Station on Friday from Cape Canaveral (US).FOOTAGE OF THE FALCON 9 LAUNCH.
Beijing, Jan 21 (EFE).- Named after a goddess who lives on the moon according to Chinese mythology, Beijing's Chang'e lunar mission took a major step forward in December after landing on the moon and bringing back samples of lunar rock, with authorities promising to share them with scientists from other countries.The unmanned space probe Chang'e 5 returned to earth on Dec. 17 with nearly two kilograms of lunar samples, making China the third country to complete this feat after the United States and the former Soviet Union, which was the last to accomplish it in 1976. (Camera: JESUS CENTENO).SHOT LIST: A SPACE EXPLORATION EVENT IN BEIJING, CHINA. SOUND BITE: PEI ZHAOYU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE LUNAR EXPLORATION AND SPACE PROGRAM CENTER OF THE CHINA NATIONAL SPACE ADMINISTRATION (IN MANDARIN).TRANSLATION:- We have mastered the main technologies of lunar exploration and we will continue to carry out lunar exploration in the future. Our idea is to make this exploration more and more open as well as promote cooperation between countries. Foreign scientists will be able to study our samples.- 80 percent of the lunar samples we brought back will be used for scientific research. The remaining 20 percent will be permanently stored."- It is true that the United States and the Soviet Union achieved brilliant results in their exploration programs, but if the other countries do not explore, we would always be at the expense of listening to what others are saying.
This four-wheeled robot rover is undergoing its final trials on Japan's Tottori Sand Dunes before it will be flown into space and out to its final test - a 1,640 foot ride on the surface of the moon. Called the Moonraker, the rover was built by Team Hakuto of Japan to compete with 15 other teams from all over the world for the $20 million dollar grand prize in the Google Lunar XPrize competition. Google's Lunar XPrize competition calls for participating teams to create a rover, launch it into space, land it on the moon, have it travel at least 1,640 feet, and then send images of its travels back to the earth. The first team to successfully complete the challenge will take home the grand prize. Team Hakuto, which means 'white rabbit' in Japanese, is well on its way to securing the prize money - their Moonraker rover is scheduled to be launched from Earth by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket soon. The purpose is to create a cheap machine to help humans easily explore the moon, and maybe even prepare it for colonization. The Hakuto team hope that the Moonraker will be able to explore holes on the moon's surface and perhaps discover cave systems. The future looks interesting indeed.
The United States government has granted a Mountain View, California-based company permission to launch a mission to the moon, the first time the government has allowed a company to conduct a commercial space mission beyond Earth’s orbit.
A California space startup is poised to gain government approval for the first private mission to the moon.
China's Shenzhou-18 mission takes off from a launch centre in Jiuquan, in the northern Gansu province, carrying three astronauts to the country's Tiangong space station. The three are set to replace the space station's current crew and will remain in orbit around the Earth for six months. IMAGES
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