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Recent News
Jan. 19, 2024, 1:26 PM ET (AP)
Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon: A closer look
Jan. 15, 2024, 9:26 AM ET (AP)
US company's lunar lander will burn up in Earth's atmosphere after failed moonshot
Jan. 9, 2024, 5:22 PM ET (AP)
Fuel leak forces US company to abandon moon landing attempt
Jan. 9, 2024, 3:54 PM ET (AP)
More delays for NASA's astronaut moonshots, with crew landing off until 2026
Jan. 8, 2024, 10:15 PM ET (AP)
Moon landing attempt by US company appears doomed after 'critical' fuel leak
Top Questions
What is space exploration?
Should humans colonize space?
space exploration, investigation, by means of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft, of the reaches of the universe beyond Earth’s atmosphere and the use of the information so gained to increase knowledge of the cosmos and benefit humanity. A complete list of all crewed spaceflights, with details on each mission’s accomplishments and crew, is available in the section Chronology of crewed spaceflights. Humans have always looked at the heavens and wondered about the nature of the objects seen in the night sky. With the development of rockets and the advances in electronics and other technologies in the 20th century, it became possible ...(100 of 22189 words)