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Sample return missions
Apollo 17In September 1970, NASA canceled the planned launch of Apollo 18. This decision sent shockwaves through the agency's crew rotation schedule.
Apollo 16On the 21st of April 1972, at 8:23:35 PM Houston time, Charles Duke stepped onto the lunar surface. He was thirty-six years old and became the youngest human…
Chang'e 6The Chang'e 6 spacecraft launched from Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island at 09:27 UTC on the 3rd of May 2024. It was built as a copy of and backup…
Stardust (spacecraft)Scientists began seeking a dedicated mission to study a comet during the 1980s. Several missions to Comet Halley became the first successful missions to…
Fobos-GruntOn the 8th of November 2011, a Zenit-2SB41 rocket lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 20:16 UTC. The spacecraft Fobos-Grunt carried a complex payload…