The US just returned to the Moon after more than 50 years. How big a deal is it, really?
- Written by: David Flannery, Planetary Scientist, Queensland University of Technology
Intuitive Machines, CC BY-NC-NDIn the few short years since the COVID pandemic changed our world, China, Japan and India have all successfully landed on the Moon.
Many more robotic missions have flown past the Moon, entered lunar orbit, or crashed into it in the past five years. This includes spacecraft developed by South Korea, the United Arab...
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