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Artemis I and the moon

NASA’s flagship Artemis I mission has flown past the moon

21 November 2022

After blasting off on the enormous Space Launch System rocket, NASA's Orion capsule has flown within 130 kilometres of the lunar surface as it prepares to enter orbit
Moon craters hint huge asteroids bombarded Earth 800 million years ago

Moon craters hint huge asteroids bombarded Earth 800 million years ago

21 July 2020

Craters on the moon show it was probably bombarded with asteroids about 800 million years ago, which also rained down on Earth and could have plunged the planet into an ice age

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