Portal:Astronomy/Events/2013

This page is about the year 2013 in astronomy.

Events

Moon (Unmanned landing)

• China successfully completed its first unmanned Moon landing in December 2013, with the Chang'e 3 lunar rover mission.

Venus (Entry Probe)

• The Venus Entry Probe is a European Space Agency space probe to Venus originally scheduled to be launched in 2013. However, the mission was postponed to at least 2016.

Mars (Spacecraft)

• India launched its first Mars probe, Mangalyaan in November 2013.
• The MAVEN spacecraft, part of NASA's Mars Scout Program, launched in November 2013.

Eclipses

Two solar and three lunar eclipses take place in 2013 as follows.

• Partial Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2013
• Penumbral Lunar eclipse of May 25, 2013
• Annular Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013
• Penumbral Lunar eclipse of October 18, 2013
• Hybrid Solar eclipse of November 03, 2013