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NASA’s InSight listened out for seismic activity on Mars, and last year it picked up a marsquake so big it was suspected to be a meteoroid impact. Now, thanks to the cooperation of all agencies with orbiters around Mars, the source has been tracked.

Science stands still for no one, and with a new year comes a new calendar of exciting events in spaceflight and exploration. New Atlas rounds up some of the most important milestones to look forward to in 2020.

Mars and the far side of the Moon are on the itinerary for China’s space program, according to a new white paper released this week. The State Council Information Office document recaps the country’s space-faring achievements over the past five years, and outlines its goals for the next five.

The Chinese news agency Xinhua announced on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 that China will be sending its first unmanned lander to the Moon in the second half of 2013.

China's Chang’e-1 spacecraft has successfully blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the first phase of a program that aims to land robotic explorers on the Moon before 2020.