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In a major step towards returning humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) of the United Arab Emirate
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As humanity prepares to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years with the upcoming Artemis missions, a team of researchers have use
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