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• Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk on 7 November 2021.
• She conducted the spacewalk during the Shenzhou-13 mission aboard China’s Tiangong Space Station.
• She was the second Chinese woman to travel into space, flying aboard Shenzhou-10 in 2013.

Last verified on 22-10-2026

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Kyrgyzstan launched its first national satellite into orbit on October 1, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Bank in California.

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• Chandrayaan-3 is India's lunar mission.
• It was successfully landed on the Moon on 23 August 2023.
• It was launched on 14 July 2023
• It was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
• India became the first country to achieve a soft landing near the Moon's south pole.
• Space Agency: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
• Lander & Rover: Vikram (Lander) and Pragyan (Rover)
• "Chandrayaan" is a Sanskrit word meaning "Mooncraft."

Last verified on 12-07-2026

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Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire in 2026, reaching a net worth of over $1.1 trillion following the highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of his space and artificial intelligence company, SpaceX.

He belongs to the US.

He is a businessman and former public official who is the CEO and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX.

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