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Visitors stand next to a mockup of a new Russian orbital space station, presented by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, during the Army-2022 International Military-Technical Forum at the Russian Armed Forces' Patriot Park in Kubinka, outside Moscow on August 16, 2022. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

First Russian Lunar Mission In 47 Years Ends With Spacecraft Crashing Into Moon

Russia’s first lunar mission in almost 50 years ended when its unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after reportedly experiencing a glitch while preparing for pre-landing orbit.

Scientists attend the Euclid presentation in Cannes, south-eastern France, on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

SpaceX rocket launches astronomy mission to study dark energy and dark matter

The European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Saturday on a mission to chart the history of the universe.

An employee of the China Manned Space Agency takes photos in front of a board showing the countrys astronauts after a pre-launch press conference for the Shenzhou-16 mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 29, 2023 in Jiuquan, China. The astronauts will travel on the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft carried by a Long March-2F rocket to Chinas Tiangong Space Station from the Gobi Desert on May 30 and will stay for six months, relieving the crew that arrived there late in 2022. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China planning to land their astronauts on the moon by 2030

According to Chinese officials, China’s expanding space program plans to build its own orbiting space station and send their astronauts to the moon by 2030.