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Russia plans to build first nuclear power plant on the Moon

Published on: June 13, 2025
14:27

Moscow, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) Russia will build the first nuclear power plant on the Moon, as a platform for future bases on the Earth's natural satellite, Dmitri Bakanov, General Director of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), said on Friday.

China shares Moon’s hidden face findings

Published on: July 2, 2024
13:20

Washington, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) China lately invited scientists from around the world to study its findings on the hidden face of the Moon, however, U.S. law hampered such collaboration.

Foreign policy, lunar mission and heavy rains mark week in China

Published on: June 29, 2024
08:26

Beijing, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) The celebrations on the 70th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte's visit, the lunar probe's return to Earth, and heavy rains have marked the week ending on Saturday in China.

China’s probe returned to Earth with samples from far side of Moon

Published on: June 25, 2024
13:27

Beijing, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) In a global first, the Chang'e-6 probe successfully landed in China on Tuesday carrying samples from the far side of the Moon.

Penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible from several continents

Published on: March 24, 2024
08:51

Washington, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) A penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible between Sunday night and the early hours of Monday throughout the Americas, West Africa, Europe and Oceania, the American Astronomical Society announced.

China successfully launches Earth-Moon communications satellite

Published on: March 20, 2024
11:31

Beijing, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) China successfully launched a satellite on Wednesday that will allow communications between the Earth and the Moon, in view of its future lunar exploration missions. According to the National Space Administration, the Great March-8 carrier rocket took off with the Queqiao-2 relay satellite from the Wenchang launch site in southern Hainan province.

Odysseus module crashes on Moon limiting its mission time

Published on: February 28, 2024
14:02

Washington, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) The Odysseus space vehicle, the first private module to land successfully on the Moon, fell as it was landing Earth's natural satellite, so its loading time was limited and its mission was shortened.

United States back to the Moon

Published on: February 23, 2024
09:20

Washington, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) The successful landing of an unmanned spacecraft on the Earth's natural satellite marks the return of the United States to the moon after half a century, according to media reports today.

Huge asteroid will pass close to Earth

Published on: February 2, 2024
10:32

Washington, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies reported that a huge asteroid will pass today 2.8 million kilometers away from Earth, but without danger to our planet.

India confirms sending a cosmonaut to the Moon in 2040

Published on: December 7, 2023
09:55

New Delhi, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, confirmed the efforts made by the space science of that country to achieve, among other objectives, the sending of a cosmonaut to the Moon in 2040.

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