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Samples from Lunar Far Side thicker and stickier
Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)
The weight of the samples, eagerly anticipated by the scientific community, was disclosed during a handover ceremony at the CNSA headquarters in Beijing. The lu...
University Teams Shine in NASA's Human Lander Challenge
Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)
As part of NASA's Artemis lunar exploration campaign, which aims to send the first woman, person of color, and international partner astronaut to the Moon, mana...
China hauls back nearly 2 kilograms of lunar samples from far side
Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)
The weight of the samples, the most asked question by science and space enthusiasts over the past two days, was revealed by the space administration at a handov...
University of Michigan wins NASA's lunar lander challenge award
Jul 01, 2024 (UPI)
NASA named its team as the winner of its 2024 Human Lander Challenge at a forum in Huntsville, Ala., on Friday. Michigan beat out 11 other universities througho...
'Power rivalry in space': China lunar mission fuels US misinformation
Jun 27, 2024 (AFP)
China is celebrating the return of the Chang'e 6 probe to Earth on Tuesday bearing rock-and-soil samples from the little-known far side of the Moon, following a...
Chang'e 6 mission returns with Moon samples from far side
Jun 27, 2024 (SPX)
The capsule was transported to Beijing earlier on Wednesday morning by airplane and subsequently taken to the China Academy of Space Technology, where it was de...
Astrobotic reveals lunar surface proving ground for payload testing
Jun 26, 2024 (SPX)
The LSPG's terrain is based on a map of the Moon's South Pole, scanned by Astrobotic's LunaRay system. This site will support various test campaigns, including ...
Chang'e-6 to Return with Farside Moon Samples
Jun 25, 2024 (SPX)
Based on the geological characteristics of the probe's landing site, the researchers anticipate that the returned surface samples will consist of 2.5-million-ye...
Why do some planets have moons
Jun 25, 2024 (SPX)
I'm a physics instructor who has followed the current theories that describe why some planets have moons and some don't. First, a moon is called a natural satel...
China lunar probe returns to Earth with samples
Jun 25, 2024 (AFP)
The landing module of the Chang'e-6 spacecraft touched down at a predetermined site in Inner Mongolia at 2:07 pm (0607 GMT), the China National Space Administra...
China's Chang'e-6 mission successfully returns to Earth with historic moon samples
Jun 25, 2024 (UPI)
The Chang'e-6 return capsule successfully landed in the Siziwang Banner area of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 2:07 p.m. local time, the China Nati...
China lunar probe to return to Earth with samples
Jun 25, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing's space agency said the Chang'e-6 spacecraft "will come back to Earth carrying precious 'gifts' on June 25", without giving an estimated arrival time. E...
Laying the foundation for lunar base construction
Jun 21, 2024 (SPX)
NASA's Artemis program aims to build a lunar base, but transporting construction materials from Earth to the Moon is expensive. To overcome this, researchers ar...
China's Chang'e 6 Spacecraft Spotted by NASA's LRO on Lunar Far Side
Jun 18, 2024 (SPX)
The LRO Camera team calculated the landing site coordinates to be around 42 degrees south latitude, 206 degrees east longitude, at an elevation of about minus 3...
Intuitive Machines Achieves Lunar Landing with Sciaky EBAM Component
Jun 12, 2024 (SPX)
Intuitive Machines rigorously tested the part under hot fire testing conditions-burning fuel up to the full throttle. After the determination that the part was ...
In new experiment, scientists record Earth's radio waves from the moon
Jun 11, 2024 (SPX)
It was a major achievement for the tenacious lander, which was built by the Houston-based company Intuitive Machines and had to overcome a series of technical d...
NASA's Gateway space station Halo module moves closer to launch
Jun 10, 2024 (UPI)
The Habitation and Logistics Outpost, or HALO, is one of four modules in which astronauts will live, conduct science and prepare for lunar surface missions. The...
Chang'e-6 highlights China's goal to build international collaboration
Jun 09, 2024 (SPX)
If successful, Chang'e-6 will enable China to retrieve the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon. China has pledged to make the samples available to ...
Apollo 8 astronaut dies in small plane crash at age 90
Jun 08, 2024 (AFP)
Anders had been piloting a small plane which crashed off the coast of Washington state on Friday morning, his son told US media. Anders was alone in the plane. ...
Nagoya University Develops Advanced Heat-Switch for Lunar Rovers
Jun 07, 2024 (SPX)
"Heat-switch technology that can switch between daytime heat dissipation and nighttime insulation is essential for long-term lunar exploration," said lead resea...
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