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The CNSA (China) Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission is scheduled to launch on 03 May at 7:50 UT (3:50 a.m. EDT) on a Long March 5 booster from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
The Voyager 1 spacecraft successfully started transmitting engineering data on 20 April for the first time since 14 November 14 2023. A software fix circumvented a chip failure that had prevented useful data from being sent. More...
Communications were reestablished with the Japanese SLIM lunar lander on 26 March after it survived its second lunar night.
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