Tag: space mission

First Samples from the Moon’s Far Side in Human Hands

June 26, 2024

For the first time, samples from the far side of the Moon, which is never visible from Earth, have been brought back to our planet. The Chang’e 6 spacecraft’s return module landed in Inner Mongolia, China, after a 53-day mission, carrying approximately 2 kg of lunar rocks. This marks a significant milestone in space exploration…

Sergei Krikalev: The Cosmonaut Stranded in Space

June 13, 2024

Sergei Krikalev, a Soviet cosmonaut, found himself stranded in space for 311 days during a mission on the “Mir” space station. In total, he spent 803 days, 9 hours, and 39 minutes in space throughout his career. On December 26, 1991, while Krikalev was in space, the Soviet Union was dissolved. Due to the ensuing…

China is set to launch the Einstein Probe spacecraft in 2023 to monitor destructive phenomena in the universe.

April 11, 2022

The Chinese spacecraft will study explosions of light years away from stars, high-energy currents and gravitational electromagnetic wave phenomena that occur when stars around Brampton’s black holes are pulled into it. Weighing in at one and a half tons, the Chinese spacecraft launched Wide Field X at an altitude of 600 km above the ground…

Lucy leaves the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on October 16 to search for the Solar System. Launch Atlas 5 rocket.

October 13, 2021

Lucy is the first space mission to observe Trojan asteroids. Jupiter’s asteroids formed in many parts of the Solar System and then collapsed under its strong gravitational points.Trojan asteroids.There are more than 7,000 of these asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun. Lucy will travel 400 km near seven of these asteroids. This is…