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NASA welcomes India as 27th Artemis Accords Signatory
Jun 24, 2023 (SPX)
The Artemis Accords establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations, including those participating in NASA's Artemi...
Ecuador becomes 26th nation to sign space-exploration Artemis Accords
Jun 21, 2023 (UPI)
The accords "establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations, including those participating in NASA's Artemis progr...
Lunar Characterization Device Gets Early Funding
Jun 16, 2023 (SPX)
The EmberCore Flashlight: Long Distance Lunar Characterization with Intense Passive X- and Gamma-ray Source Phase 1 project is a 9-month concept feasibility stu...
Chief designer details how future China lunar landing works
Jun 09, 2023 (XNA)
The spaceship will send the taikonauts to lunar orbit and dock with the lunar lander. The lander will subsequently carry the taikonauts to the moon's surface. A...
US, not China, keen on moon race
Jun 07, 2023 (XNA)
The exploration of the moon started in the 1950s. In those days, however, lunar missions were driven by politics, because the Soviet Union and the United States...
Terran Orbital developed CAPSTONE lunar probe completes primary mission
Jun 06, 2023 (SPX)
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, was developed, built, and integrated by Terran Orbital ...
China's main rocket engine for lunar crewed missions sets record
Jun 06, 2023 (XNA)
This achievement surpasses the previous single-engine run record in the 100-tonne class, also held by China, which was set less than half a year ago. According ...
Engineers test VIPER's very nimble gimbal
Jun 02, 2023 (SPX)
VIPER has both a low-gain and high-gain antenna to transmit data to and receive data from the Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas on Earth. Its low-gain antenna s...
China aims to make manned moon landing before 2030
May 31, 2023 (XNA)
Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency, said at a news conference at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China that the c...
AFRL helps NASA test equipment for Artemis II Mission
May 31, 2023 (SPX)
"NASA came to us actually several years ago, to work with them on development of the Orion spacecraft capsule [to test the] suit for the astronauts and the seat...
Spain becomes 25th nation to sign NASA's Artemis Accords
May 30, 2023 (UPI)
Spain's minister of science and innovation Diana Morant signed the agreement during a ceremony at Madrid's Moncloa Palace with Spanish President Pedro Sanchez a...
Intuitive Machines Lunar Landing Site Moves to South Pole
May 26, 2023 (SPX)
One of the first lunar payload deliveries under NASA's CLPS initiative was awarded to Intuitive Machines in May 2019. The company's first flight, Intuitive Mach...
NASA pursues Lunar Terrain Vehicle services for Artemis Missionm
May 26, 2023 (SPX)
Artemis astronauts will drive to explore and sample more of the lunar surface using the LTV than they could on foot. NASA will contract LTV as a service from in...
Dedication to lunar research pays off for China's Chang'e project
May 26, 2023 (SPX)
A review article on China's lunar exploration was published in Science China on April 28. With all five missions being a success, China has made a dent in what ...
NASA's LRO views impact site of HAKUTO-R lunar lander
May 24, 2023 (SPX)
On April 26, 2023, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft acquired 10 images around the landing site with its Narrow Angle Cameras. The images cov...
NASA selects Blue Origin as 2nd Artemis Lunar Lander Provider
May 19, 2023 (SPX)
Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify its Blue Moon lander to meet NASA's human landing system requirements for recurring astronaut expeditions to ...
Advanced Space completes 6-month CAPSTONE primary mission at the Moon for NASA
May 19, 2023 (SPX)
The CAPSTONE mission has accomplished a tremendous amount since entering the NRHO 6 months ago. CAPSTONE's Primary Mission began after a second correction maneu...
After SpaceX, NASA taps Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon lander
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
Blue Origin's lander was selected for the Artemis 5 mission, currently scheduled to take place in 2029. The company will first have to demonstrate it can safely...
Georgia Tech to lead NASA Center on Lunar Research and Exploration
May 19, 2023 (SPX)
CLEVER is the successor to Orlando's pioneering REVEALS (Radiation Effects on Volatiles and Exploration of Asteroids and Lunar Surfaces) center, and both are pa...
NASA to announce a second Lunar lander partner for Moon Mission
May 17, 2023 (SPX)
NASA's ambitious Artemis V mission envisions a landing system capable of transporting astronauts from the lunar Gateway station to the Moon's surface and back. ...
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