A new Venus project would extend a series of successful landing missions in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s by previous Venera spacecraft operated by the former Soviet Union, which rem ...

At the height of the Space Race, CIA agents carried out a daring covert operation in Mexico City to secretly inspect a Soviet Luna spacecraft prototype. The risky overnight heist revealed valuable ...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has set his ambitions on reaching Venus in ambitious plans for Russia's space programme ...

Research team cites abundant mare basalts, river-like valleys formed from surface lava flows and deposits of volcanic materials Scientists in China and Germany have identified four possible landing ...

While NASA's Apollo 11 mission is still remembered today for putting a man on the Moon in 1969, the Soviet Union put humanity's first uncrewed spacecraft on lunar soil three years earlier. A ...

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ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – An 18-year-old man was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for a shooting at Cahoon Park that left Cameron Luna, 15, and Jorge Armendariz, 16, dead in 2022. Carlos ...

Luna 9 had a bouncy touchdown on the lunar surface in 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the Moon. Reading time 2 minutes On February 3, 1966, the Soviet Union’s Luna 9 became the first ...

Luna 9's landing was a pivotal moment in history. Airwolfhound via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-2.0 On February 3, 1966, a Soviet spacecraft called Luna 9 showed the world it was possible to land on ...

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