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The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X will complete its 100,000th Earth orbit on 26 June 2025.
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The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X will complete its 100,000th Earth orbit on 26 June 2025.
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In recent days, rovers from Japan's Tohoku University have driven across LUNA's 'moon dust'. The robots, developed to operate and adapt using artificial intelligence (AI), have practised picking up stones, navigating independently and assembling themselves into larger robotic units.
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