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More than a dozen city and state elected officials who federal agents arrested on Thursday afternoon in and around federal immigration courts in Lower Manhattan. Photo by Dean Moses City Comptroller Brad Lander and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams were among over a dozen city and state elected officials who federal agents arrested on Thursday afternoon in and around federal immigration …

Scientists peering into the very heart of hearts of the planet Mars have found a deeply unexpected structure. There, at the innermost core of the planet, InSight seismic data reveals a solid mass about 600 kilometers (373 miles) across. This is not just in contrast to previous findings that the core is squishy all the way through – it doesn’t …

Recently, China conducted a critical test of its new lunar lander, Lanyue (“Embracing the Moon”), running the vehicle through a landing on and takeoff from a simulated lunar surface. What is it? Lanyue is China’s first crewed lunar landing vehicle, purpose-built to ferry astronauts between lunar orbit and the moon‘s surface. Standing on four legs, Lanyue is designed to transport …

Photo: CMSA Global Times learned from the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday that China’s Lanyue lander successfully completed a comprehensive landing and takeoff verification test at the extraterrestrial landing test site in Huailai county, North China’s Hebei Province on Wednesday. This test, the CMSA said, marks China’s first landing and takeoff experiment for a manned spacecraft on an …

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace for a fourth lunar lander mission, this one taking rovers and instruments to the south polar region of the moon. To continue reading this article: Register now and get3 free articles every month. You’ll also receive our weekly SpaceNews This Week newsletter every Friday. Opt-out at any time. Sign in to an existing …