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Japan launched a spacecraft. Photo: Courtesy

Japan launches spacecraft to explore Mars' mysterious moons, bring back soil samples

Flight controllers erupted in applause, rose to their feet and exchanged handshakes and embraces.

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Who has the most objects in space?

Spacecraft probes Earth’s defence against raging solar winds. Photo: BSS

Spacecraft to probe how Earth fends off raging solar winds

Data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter is used in an undated composite image of the planet Venus. Photo: Reuters

Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus

A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 shows the Zeeman crater located on the far side of the moon on 17 August 2023. File Photo: Roscosmos/Handout via Reuters

Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure

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Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days

World's heaviest spacecrafts

World's heaviest spacecrafts

The Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft and three astronauts, takes off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a crewed mission to build China's space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China June 5, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS

China successfully launches a pilot reusable spacecraft

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NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft

A child stands near a giant screen showing the images of the Tianhe space station at an exhibition featuring the development of China's space exploration on the country's Space Day at China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, China April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft set to launch to China's space station -state media

SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US January 19, 2020. Photo :Reuters

SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare program

Hayabusa2 Spaceship. Picture: Collected

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft approaches Earth to drop asteroid samples

The mission will attempt to collect 2 kg (4-1/2 lbs) of samples in a previously unvisited area in a massive lava plain known as Oceanus Procellarum, or “Ocean of Storms”. Photo: Reuters

China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks