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The story of finding water on the Moon spans at least two decades and multiple space agencies, culminating in renewed lunar exploration plans across th…
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NASA’s boldest robotic Moon mission yet will launch in 2023 to study water ice in one of the harshest planetary environments in the solar system.
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From the birth of the planets, moons and space rocks to how things are now.
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How we learnt to live and work in space, away from the comfort of mother Earth.
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The near-instantly formed lunar mountains offer a peek into the Moon's interior, and improve our understanding of the solar system.
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Space missions that remind us space exploration is hard.
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Earth alone cannot power our future in space, and other realizations from the rocket equation.
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How the Sun drives space weather, affects life on Earth, and why we invest billions in studying it.
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The multi-decade drive to explore the question “Did Mars once have life?” has opened the way for future pinpoint landings throughout the solar system.
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And how NASA's Moon orbiter pulls it off with a single camera.
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The Moon's gravity anomalies have been crashing spacecraft since the 1960s.
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A little space for fun. Pun intended.
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