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LUPEX: Soon a new lunar mission from India and Japan

Artist impression of LUPEX lander on the Moon. Credit: JAXA

After Chandrayaan-3 success, global media attention are focused on ISRO space program. A more ambitious mission to the Moon, in collaboration with JAXA: LUPEX

Roberto Paradiso
07/09/2023

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Hakuto-R M2, ispace new tentative to tame the insidious Moon

Hakuto-R Series 1 orbiting the Moon, artistic impression. Credits: ispace

On July 13, 2023, ispace Inc. officially began the assembly, integration, and testing of their second Hakuto-R spacecraft that will attempt to land on the Moon

Giancarlo Albertinazzi
24/07/2023

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Hakuto-R first Japanese lander crashes on the Moon

Illustration of the Japanese lander HAKUTO-R

Hakuto-R, the Japanese private lander, probably crashed after losing contact during its descent to the lunar surface. Its mission ends prematurely

Federico Airoldi
27/04/2023

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Opportunity, a story of a piece of cold metal with a warm hearth

Opportunity liftoff on board of Delta II rocket. Credit Nasa's Mars Exploration program

Opportunity was a milestone in human exploration on the red planet, let's retrace his exploits over the years that saw his stay on Mars

Federico Coppola
14/03/2023

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NASA’s Perseverance deposited its fourth sample on the Martian Surface

Photo from NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover shows a small, white sample tube lying on the sandy surface of Mars. About the size of a marker, the tube sits in the shadow of the rover that released it. Part of the rover’s left rear wheel is visible at top right, along with tracks it has made on the dusty ground. The tube sits with its sealed end pointed toward the camera. In addition to a mainly matte white body, parts of the tube appear silver, gold and gray in certain areas.

On Jan. 04, 2023, the Mars Perseverance Rover deposited the fourth out of a total of ten titanium tubes containing rock samples on the Red Planet.

Giovanni Facchinetti
06/01/2023

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The end: after 4 years of great science discoveries the Mars InSight Mission is over

Artist impression of NASA InSight Mars Rover. Credits: NASA JPL

Due to the presence of dust on the solar panels, the Mars InSight Rover mission has been declared over after 4 years of service.

Francesco Sebastiano Moro
23/12/2022

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Cruising on the Moon: the Lunar Roving Vehicle

Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon's Surface from Apollo 15 Mission. Photo Credits: NASA

The Lunar Roving Vehicle allowed to explore farther than any previous mission could. This came with many engineering challenges...

Riccardo Dipietro
22/11/2022