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March 7, 2024
ESA Launches Hera Planetary Defense Probe to Examine Asteroid

ESA's Hera mission, launched on October 7th, will study asteroid Dimorphos to enhance asteroid deflection strategies.

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January 30, 2024
Japan’s SLIM Spacecraft Makes Successful Lunar Landing

Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully made a soft and precise landing on the lunar surface.

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October 18, 2023
Japan’s First Lunar Surface Mission Makes Flyby

Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft completed its initial lunar flyby a few weeks after launch. 

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September 26, 2023
India Successfully Launches Aditya-L1 Sun Mission

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) recently launched its first mission to the sun, Aditya-L1. The orbiter will spend 135 days traveling to Lagrange point 1 (L1), the spot equidistant between the sun and the Earth.

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August 1, 2023
South Korea Successfully Launches its NEXTSat 2 Satellite

South Korea launched its main satellite, NEXTSat 2, on its Nuri (KSLV-2) rocket, as well as successfully sent six other microsatellites into orbit during this launch. 

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April 19, 2023
The ESA’s Icy Moon Exploration Mission Launches Successfully

The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully launched its mission to explore Jupiter and three of its four moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft will perform several gravity-assisting flybys of Earth, Venus, and Earth’s moon. 

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April 4, 2023
Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Mission Successfully Launched

The Space Development Agency (SDA) successfully launched the first ten satellites in its Tranche 0 mission. 

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February 15, 2023
ESA’s Cheops Mission Discovers Rare Ring Around Dwarf Planet

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Cheops (Characterizing ExOPlanet Satellite) mission has made an unexpected discovery during its exoplanetary exploration.

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November 21, 2022
NASA Successfully Launches First Stage of Artemis Mission

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) recently lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center carrying an uncrewed Orion spacecraft as part of the first leg of NASA’s Artemis mission.

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October 11, 2022
NASA’s DART Mission Successfully Changes Asteroid’s Path

Nearly a year after its launch, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART spacecraft, successfully crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, in the first ever planetary defense test.

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