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The Soviet Union's Milestone Lunar Landing: Luna 9 and the Start of a New Era of Space Exploration
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The Soviet Union's Milestone Lunar Landing: Luna 9 and the Start of a New Era of Space Exploration

In 1966, the Soviet Union achieved a major milestone in space exploration with the first unmanned lunar landing. This groundbreaking event marked a new era of space explo...

The Soviet Union Takes a Giant Leap: The Success of the First Interplanetary Mission to Mars
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The Soviet Union Takes a Giant Leap: The Success of the First Interplanetary Mission to Mars

On 10th May 1971, the Soviet Union launched its first interplanetary mission to Mars. The mission was a big success and marked a major milestone in the history of space e...

China's Historic Soft-Landing on the Moon: The Chang'e-3 Mission
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China's Historic Soft-Landing on the Moon: The Chang'e-3 Mission

In 2013, China became the third country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the moon when the Chang'e-3 mission achieved a soft landing on the lunar surface. The un...

A New Perspective: China's Historic Image of the Earth from the Moon
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A New Perspective: China's Historic Image of the Earth from the Moon

In 2013, China made history when it became the first nation to capture an image of the Earth from the Moon. The image, taken by the robotic spacecraft Chang'e 3, marked a...

India Makes History with Successful Launch of Mangalyaan Mission to Mars
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India Makes History with Successful Launch of Mangalyaan Mission to Mars

On November 5, 2013, India made history by launching its first mission to Mars. The mission was launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the space agenc...

The Venera 5 and 6 Mission: A Major Milestone in Space Exploration
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The Venera 5 and 6 Mission: A Major Milestone in Space Exploration

The first successful interplanetary mission was a Soviet mission to Venus on October 15, 1969. The mission was part of the Venera program which had been launched in 1961 ...

Valentina Tereshkova: Pioneer of Female Spaceflight on the Vostok 6 Mission
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Valentina Tereshkova: Pioneer of Female Spaceflight on the Vostok 6 Mission

The first human spaceflight beyond Earth orbit was the Vostok 6 mission, conducted by the Soviet Union on June 18, 1963. It was the seventh and final flight of the Vostok...

The European Space Agency's History-Making Rosetta Mission
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The European Space Agency's History-Making Rosetta Mission

On November 12th, 2014, the European Space Agency made history with their successful mission to land the Rosetta probe on a comet. This was the first time a human-made sp...