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India becomes first nation to land spacecraft on Moon’s south pole 0
India on Wednesday made history when its Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down on the Moon’s south pole, thought to be a potential source for water and oxygen, days after Russia’s mission failed. The Indian space agency launched the rocket on July 14, blasting off from the country’s main spaceport in the southern state of Andhra […]
Iran sends into space biological capsule aboard indigenous launcher 0
Iran has successfully put into orbit its newest bio-space capsule with the domestically-built Salman launcher. The 500-kilogram capsule, developed by the Aerospace Research Institute of Iran, affiliated to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, was launched to an altitude of 130 kilometers from the Earth’s surface on Wednesday. The launch is a step to […]