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Roscosmos spacecraft Luna 25 enters into a lunar orbit around the Moon as it prepares to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole in the coming days.
2023-08-16

China National Space Administration (CNSA) spacecraft Chang'e 5 returns to Earth carrying samples of lunar rocks and soil from the surface of the Moon. The capsule will be airlifted to Beijing for formal opening and the samples will be made available to scientists in other countries, according to the CNSA.
2020-12-16

The China National Space Administration probe Chang'e 5 lifts off from the surface of the moon as it begins a journey back to Earth after collecting samples of lunar soil. The ascender will rendezvous with the orbiter, transferring over the samples, and the orbiter will then land at a location in Inner Mongolia, China.
2020-12-3

As predicted by NASA, the Apollo-group-type asteroid 2012 TC4 (approximately 15 m in diameter) passes a distance of 0.0003352 AU mi from Earth, well within the Moon's orbit.
2017-10-12

Scientists from UCLA conclude that study of the geology of the Earth and Moon indicate that both consist of a mixture of rocks from the original Earth and a hypothesized planetary-mass object called Theia after a collision.
2016-01-29

"Juno" flies by Earth on its way to orbit Jupiter, but suffers a glitch during the fly-by that puts it in safe mode.
2013-10-9

A newly observed near-Earth asteroid 2013 EC passes Earth within the orbit of the Moon.
2013-03-4

NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft crash into a mile-high cliff near the Lunar North Pole to close out a successful mission to map the Moon's gravity field with unprecedented precision.
2012-12-17

The UN Conference on Sustainable Development begins in Rio de Janeiro, launching a new round of debate on the future habitability of Earth, its resources and people, 20 years after the first Earth Summit.
2012-06-13

Jupiter becomes the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963.
2010-09-20