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The top space stories of the week!

The top space stories of the week! Space 12/19/2020 © Provided by Space null The first lunar samples to be retrieved in more than four decades successfully landed on Earth, Jupiter and Saturn gradually make their approach in the night sky ahead of their Great Conjunction and a total solar eclipse mesmerized spectators in South America. These are some of the top stories this week from Space.com.  First lunar retrieval samples in four decades make it to Earth.  A recent space mission from China brought the first new moon samples to Earth in 44 years. The Chang e 5 mission successfully landed a capsule loaded with lunar dirt and gravel in Mongolia on Wednesday (Dec. 16). Chang e 5 collected the material from the moon s large Oceanus Procellarum ( Ocean of Storms ) region, where it landed on Dec. 1. 

Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-imaging satellite into orbit from New Zealand

Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-imaging satellite into orbit from New Zealand Space 15/12/2020 Mike Wall © Provided by Space A Rocket Lab Electron booster carrying the StriX-α Earth-imaging satellite for the Japanese company Synspective lifts off from the company s Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand on Dec. 15, 2020. Rocket Lab just launched another small satellite to orbit. A two-stage Electron booster lifted off from Rocket Lab s New Zealand launch site at 5:09 a.m. EST (1009 GMT) today (Dec. 15), carrying the first member of the Strix family of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites developed by the Japanese Earth-imaging company Synspective. SAR-equipped spacecraft can view Earth s surface at any time of day or night and in all weather conditions; clouds and darkness do not deter radio waves. Synspective plans to build a constellation of 30 Strix spacecraft, which will collate data of metropolitan centers across Asia on

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