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Ten years ago, Neil Armstrong passed away at the age of 82. More than 50 years after his steps on the Moon, his name continues to resonate with space conquest. The first man to walk on the Moon continues to inspire a new generation of astronauts who are now looking to follow in his footsteps on the Moon. Neil Armstrong (credits:NASA)

About the size of a car battery, the golden box called MOXIE for Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, has succeeded in producing oxygen on Mars. This historic first experiment represents the first step before considering a manned mission to the Red Planet. NASA’s MOXIE box (credits:NASA)

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, space exploration does not stop. The year 2020 has been rich in events for the space sector with, in particular, the development of SpaceX and the emergence of China in the space sector. SpaceX Crew Dragon seen from the ISS (credits:NASA)

In 2020, SpaceX is scheduled to begin the first crew rotations to the International Space Station. This will be a giant leap for the American company. In the meantime, it offers a computer-generated video showing what it will look like. The Crew Dragon will bring astronauts to iss (credits: spacex)

On February 3, 1966, the Soviet Luna 9 probe marked the space conquest. A look back at this incredible story. A Luna 9 space probe replica (source:Wikipedia)

As the data collected by the New Horizons probe comes in, more and more is known about Ultima Thule. On Wednesday, January 2, about 12 hours after the ship passed 3,500 kilometers from the center of the object of the Kuiper Belt, the first images of Thule Ultima reached Earth. Ultima Thule thus became the most distant object to have been flown over by a spacecraft. Ultima Thule imaginedin 3D (source:NASA)

2018 was a year rich in innovations with many launches, from suborbital flights to manned flights, the integration of new technologies, on board the ISS or on board new, more efficient modules, sent ever further into our solar system. Blue Origin continued to launch reusable rocket parts (source:Blue Origin)

Launched on October 20 by Ariane 5 from the Kourou base in French Guiana, the satellite's mission is to collect information on Mercury. La mission BepiColombo (Source:esa)

Discover the Insight robotic lander, a high-technology spacecraft. It will be exploring Mars during the next few years. The Insight mission (source:rtl.fr)

It was December 14, 1972. 46 years later, American astronaut Eugene Cernan is still considered the last man to walk on the moon. Gene Cernan with an American flag (source: Harrisson Schmitt/NASA)

On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 took the famous photograph entitled The Blue Marble. Discover the history of this photography.  It is one of the most reproduced images in the history of mankind. And for good reason, it is the first such clear photograph of the Earth. The Blue Marble (source:wikimedia commons)

It's on his Twitter account that the European Space Agency (ESA ) has announced the first 8K video taken from space . These images are among the sharpest and clearest currently made possible by technology. The first 8k pictures taken from space(source :BGR)

The CIMON Astronaut Assistant, designed by Airbus and IBM, was used for the first time on board the ISS, giving Airbus the opportunity to present its features. CIMON, the astronaute assistant(source: clubic)