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The Soviet mission that quietly became the first to land on Mars, sent one blurred image, then went silent in 14 seconds

In 1971, the Soviet Union achieved the first soft landing on Mars with Mars 3, briefly transmitting a ghostly image before contact was lost forever. Decades later, new orbital imagery and renewed ...

NASA preparing for its first crewed Moon mission in 50 years

The Artemis II mission was originally slated for Nov. 2024, with astronaut Reid Wiseman appointed as commander of a 4-person ...