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The CNSA (China)
Chang'e-6
lunar sample return mission launched on May 3 at 09:27 UT (5:27 p.m. Beijing time)
on a Long March 5 booster from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center and entered lunar orbit
on 02:21 UT, May 8.
The
Voyager 1
spacecraft successfully started transmitting engineering data on 20 April for the first
time since November 14, 2023. A software fix circumvented a chip failure that had
prevented useful data from being sent.
For more, see the
JPL news release.
- 1851
- Asteroid 14 Irene discovered by John Russell Hind.
- 1961
- Venera 1 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by another planet, passing within 100,000 km of Venus.
- 1971
- Launch of Mars 2 orbiter and lander, first spacecraft to reach surface of Mars.
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