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Airbus ships 3rd Orion Service Module to NASA for Artemis 3 lunar mission
Aug 23, 2024 (SPX)
Constructed by Airbus under contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), the ESM-3 is essential for the mission, supporting a crew of four astronauts during t...
Proposed technique for large-scale water production on the Moon
Aug 23, 2024 (SPX)
Findings from past lunar missions, including Apollo and Chang'E-5, have confirmed the presence of water on the Moon. However, the water content in lunar mineral...
Mars and Lunar propellant production plans face complexity challenges
Aug 22, 2024 (SPX)
Lunar Propellant Production The Moon's resources present several options for extracting oxygen and hydrogen, critical components of rocket fuel. Four key resour...
Potential seen for US-China space relations
Aug 22, 2024 (XNA)
"The US and China each have very innovative space programs, and one area, for example, where the US and China could work together today would be space-based sol...
NASA Calls for Industry Input on Lunar Logistics and Mobility Systems
Aug 20, 2024 (SPX)
The solicitation focuses on filling critical gaps identified in NASA's Moon to Mars Architecture, which outlines the elements required to sustain human-led scie...
Rare 'Supermoon Blue Moon' begins Monday; 1st of 4 upcoming supermoons
Aug 17, 2024 (UPI)
The upcoming supermoon event begins at 2:26 p.m. EDT on Monday and will last for three days, according to NASA. A supermoon is defined as a new or full Moon tha...
Lunar Outpost Partners with Castrol for Lunar Mission Operations
Aug 16, 2024 (SPX)
The LV1 mission will target Shackleton Connecting Ridge near the Moon's South Pole, utilizing Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander. The mission will deploy the Mob...
Cesium Unveils Comprehensive 3D Moon Terrain Dataset
Aug 16, 2024 (SPX)
Developed to aid NASA's Artemis mission and other space agencies worldwide, Cesium Moon Terrain is available to the public for advanced visualizations and simul...
Autonomous mini robot captures historic photo on Lunar Far Side
Aug 15, 2024 (SPX)
Chinese space engineers have disclosed that the "secret photographer" was an autonomous, intelligent mini robot developed by the China Aerospace Science and Tec...
NASA Invites Proposals for Utilizing VIPER Moon Rover
Aug 10, 2024 (SPX)
The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) was developed to identify and map resources, such as lunar ice, at the Moon's South Pole. Despite NA...
Engineering Students Invited to Enter NASA's 2025 Lunabotics Challenge
Aug 09, 2024 (SPX)
Organized by NASA's Office of STEM Engagement, the Lunabotics Challenge requires teams to create and operate a robot-either autonomous or telerobotic-that can n...
Astrobotic Wins NASA Contract for Large Lunar Solar Array Development
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
Building on the 10kW lunar VSAT already being developed by Astrobotic under a current NASA contract, the VSAT-XL is a deployable, relocatable, self-leveling, su...
Scientists pin down the origins of the moon's tenuous atmosphere
Aug 05, 2024 (SPX)
Now, scientists at MIT and the University of Chicago say they have identified the main process that formed the moon's atmosphere and continues to sustain it tod...
Graphene Discovered in Lunar Soil Sample from Chang'e 5 Mission
Aug 02, 2024 (SPX)
The research team explained that roughly 1.9 percent of interstellar carbon is believed to be in the form of graphene, with its distinctive structure shaped by ...
Creating a Lunar Biorepository to protect Earth's biodiversity
Aug 01, 2024 (SPX)
Dr. Mary Hagedorn from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute leads the team. They suggest utilizing the Moon's consistently cold tem...
Lunar soil sample from Chang'e-5 showcased in Bangkok
Jul 30, 2024 (SPX)
In collaboration with the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) and the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the lunar sample was ...
Enhanced communication for Lunar Gateway through electric field testing
Jul 30, 2024 (SPX)
Gateway will serve as an orbiting lab for deep space science and as a staging point for lunar exploration. This project will enable NASA and its international p...
UK Space Agency selects finalists for Lunar Water Purification technologies
Jul 24, 2024 (SPX)
The Aqualunar Challenge is part of a Pounds 1.2m prize funded by the UK Space Agency's International Bilateral Fund and managed by Challenge Works. In collabora...
Chinese lunar probe finds water in Moon samples
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
The Chang'e-5 rover completed its mission in 2020, returning to Earth with rock and soil samples from the Moon. The lunar samples "revealed the presence of trac...
Events commemorate 55th anniversary of moon landing
Jul 20, 2024 (UPI)
NASA's two main visitor centers, the Johnson Space Center near Houston and the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, have activities scheduled. A g...
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