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China National Space Administration probe Chang'e 5 successfully lands at Mons Rümker on the Moon for the first lunar sample-return mission since the Soviet Union's Luna 24.
2020-12-1

According to a study from researchers at the University of California, Riverside, Venus would be able to support life if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the Sun nearly 4 billion years ago.
2020-10-1

The European Space Agency-JAXA space probe BepiColombo makes its final gravity assist around Earth, and is now on course for Venus, where it will make several gravity assist manoeuvres before finally arriving at Mercury in 2025.
2020-04-10

Israel's "Beresheet" lunar lander crashes at Mare Serenitatis on the surface of the Moon. The crash resulted from a failure in the lander's main engine, resulting in the total loss of the spacecraft.
2019-04-11

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

Brown University researchers discover that a substantial amount of water may be present beneath the surface of the Moon.
2017-07-24

NASA's "Juno" spacecraft reaches Jupiter and enters into its orbit after a five-year flight.
2016-07-5

China's mission carrying Yutu, China's first lunar rover, lands on the Moon. It is the first "soft" landing on the Moon since 1976 and the third ever robotic rover.
2013-12-14

The moon reaches its closest point to the Earth since March 1993, and will appear 30% brighter and 14% larger than at its furthest point.
2011-03-19

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