Ramin Skibba

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India has become the fourth country to successfully land a rover on the moon — in a year that has seen the most lunar activity since the Apollo missions of the 1970s.

India makes a successful moonshot

India has become the fourth country to successfully land a rover on the moon — in a year that has seen the most lunar activity since the Apollo missions of the 1970s.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Hawthorne-based SpaceX just sent another rocket to the International Space Station. But for the first time, most of the crew members were private citizens.

Space X flies 3 amateur astronauts to the ISS

Hawthorne-based SpaceX just sent another rocket to the International Space Station. But for the first time, most of the crew members were private citizens.

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