What's New in Lunar & Planetary Science
Communications were re-established with the Japanese SLIM lunar lander on 26 March after it survived its second lunar night.
The discovery of three new moons in the outer solar system has been announced. One is orbiting Uranus, and two are around Neptune, bringing the total to 28 and 16, respectively.
This Day in Planetary and Lunar Exploration History
- 1967
- Surveyor 3 lands on the Moon and returns pictures of the surface.
- 1971
- Launch of Salyut 1, first space station.
- 1972
- Apollo 16 Saturn-IVB stage intentionally crashed on Moon.
- 2021
- Mars 2020 Ingenuity helicopter becomes first aircraft to fly on another planet.
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