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USA · 20 Jul 2019 Elon Musk says SpaceX could beat NASA and land on moon ‘within two years’ As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary from the historic landing on the moon by the astronauts of the Apollo 11, Elon… India · 15 Jul 2019 India space launch delayed by technical problem The launch of India's second lunar mission has been halted less than an hour before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical… Space · 11 Jul 2019 Photo Story: Lost in Space A handout illustration made available by European Space Agency ESA shows a Vega rocket carrying Earth Explorer Aeolus from Europe's Spaceport in… Hungary · 1 Jul 2019 Photo Story: The Milky Way above a clear night sky in Hungary Space · 27 Jun 2019 Photo Story: ISS passes in front of the Sun The International Space Station (ISS) flies in front of the Sun as seen from the vicinity of Gyongyos, Hungary, on the 26th… United States · 13 Jun 2019 Scientists find strange mass at moon’s south pole Researchers have discovered something massive lurking underneath the far side of the moon: a mysterious blob with the mass akin to a… Russia · 30 May 2019 Russian space tourism firm to make  first flight in returnable capsule Russia’s CosmoCourse CEO Pavel Pushkin told Russian news agency TASS that the CosmoCourse private space tourism company will send from one to… NASA · 24 Apr 2019 First seismic event detected on Mars NASA's InSight lander detected its first seismic event on Mars. The seismic event was a faint rumble that was picked up by… Photo Story · 12 Mar 2019 Photo Story – Space launch preparation at Baikonur Cosmodrom Tourists watch the installation of the Soyuz booster rocket with Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft being rolled out to the launch pad by train… Space · 3 Mar 2019 Dragon capsule successfully docks on ISS France 24 reported that NASA and SpaceX confirmed the successful docking of SpaceX's new Dragon capsule on the International Space Station (ISS)… Space · 2 Mar 2019 The US closer to putting astronauts into orbit from home soil CNN reports on the successful launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. This was a demonstration mission… 22 Feb 2019 Israel’s first lunar lander leaves earth A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off from Florida carrying Israel’s first lunar lander on a mission that if successful will…