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Nasa spacecraft attempts to make history with closest-ever approach to the sun

A Nasa spacecraft will attempt to make history on Christmas Eve with the closest-ever approach to the sun. Moving at speeds of up to 430,000mph and enduring temperature of up to 982C, Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to “touch” the sun to ...

24 Dec 2024 at 13:30

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Apollo 13 Moon mission leader James Lovell dies aged 97

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed Moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died aged 97. Mr Lovell died on Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, Nasa said in a statement on Friday. “Jim’s ...

08 Aug 2025 at 20:56

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