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COMMENTARY: Upcoming space missions to keep an eye out for in 2021Missions to the moon and Mars and a new space-based telescope are in the works for 2021, say Ian Whittaker and Gareth Dorrian.CommentaryJan 10
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Chinese moon mission begins return to earth with lunar rocksChang'e 5 is the third Chinese spacecraft to land on the moon and the first to take off from it again.WorldDec 3, 2020
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NASA says it will buy resources mined by private companies on the moonThe initiative, targeting companies that plan to send robots to mine lunar resources, is part of NASA's goal of setting "norms of behavior" in space and allowing private mining on the moon in ways that could help sustain future astronaut missions.WorldSep 10, 2020
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First came Curiosity, now comes Perseverance: NASA’s new Mars rover gets a namePerseverance, a six-wheeled robotic explorer, will blast off this summer to collect Martian samples for eventual return to Earth.WorldMar 5, 2020
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Western University’s space institute wins contract to develop ‘the eyes’ of lunar roversWestern's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration won a bid to develop the panorama camera-style mount that will allow for 360-degree data collection.ScienceFeb 25, 2020
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Western University to host night celebrating women and non-binary astronomersWestern University will be marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science with an event on Feb. 11.CanadaFeb 11, 2020
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UBC is sending yeast to orbit the moon. Here’s why it matters for human space explorationUBC researchers hope testing the effects of space radiation on yeast, they'll be able to protect future astronauts on long space missions.Dec 16, 2019
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Edmontonians mark 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landingSome Edmontonians celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing at a perhaps obvious place: the science centre.CanadaJul 20, 2019
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‘The last hurrah’: Canadian Apollo 11 surgeon ready for 50th anniversary of moon landingWilliam Carpentier. an Edmonton native, was the flight surgeon for the historical Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969 and appears in the Canadian special "Make It To The Moon," airing Sunday on Discovery and Discovery Science.CanadaJul 11, 2019
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Man selected to be 1st black African in space dies in motorbike crashMandla Maseko won an international competition to get a place in the Axe Apollo Space Academy in 2015.WorldJul 8, 2019
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