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SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks at a news conference during the
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First Tourism Trip around Moon

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 2, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cape Canaveral (California)- SpaceX has said that two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space. “We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two...

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Team Indus’s core leadership team, including fleet commander Rahul Narayan, fourth from left. PHOTO: AXIOM RESEARCH LABS

Indian Startup Plans to Land on the Moon by 2018

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 5, 2016 | Business, Technology

London – The Team Indus Company has announced that it will launch its mission to the moon in a year’s time, as it takes part in a Google-funded competition to become the world’s first-ever privately held company to make a soft landing there. A group of more than...

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The new image was created by combining multiple near-infrared images taken during a high-altitude flyby on November 13, 2015 (Supplied: NASA)

Scientists’ Gargantuan Enthusiasm over Saturn’s Titan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Washington- The American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently revealed that Titan, Saturn’s suitably named largest moon, to be “one of the most Earth-like worlds we have found to date.” It has a dense atmosphere and stable...