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Moon shot: Japan firm to attempt historic lunar landing
Apr 25, 2023 (AFP)
If all goes to plan, ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander will start its descent towards the lunar surface at around 1540 GMT. It will slow its orbit some 100 kil...
CAPSTONE Demonstrates Crosslink Capability with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Apr 24, 2023 (SPX)
Despite issues with a thruster valve, the team has maintained knowledge of the spacecraft state within the mission requirements using ground-based navigation to...
Wanted: new ideas to live off Moon resources
Apr 21, 2023 (ESA)
Making use of space resources will be crucial for sustainable space exploration, enabling us to reduce the costs and risks associated with transporting resource...
NASA's first flight with crew critical to long-term return to the moon
Apr 04, 2023 (SPX)
"The unique Artemis II mission profile will build upon the uncrewed Artemis I flight test by demonstrating a broad range of SLS and Orion capabilities needed on...
First woman, Black astronaut, Canadian to make 2024 flight around Moon
Apr 03, 2023 (AFP)
Three Americans and one Canadian will fly around the Moon next year, becoming the first astronauts to venture that deep into space since the historic Apollo mis...
U.S. Navy pilot to become first person of color to go to the moon
Apr 03, 2023 (UPI)
Glover, a captain and test pilot in the U.S. Navy was named Monday as part of the four-member crew, which will perform a lunar flyby test before returning to Ea...
NASA to reveal crew for 2024 flight around the Moon
Apr 03, 2023 (AFP)
The mission, Artemis II, is scheduled to take place in November 2024 with the four-person crew circling the Moon but not landing on it. As part of the Artemis p...
NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch to become first woman to orbit the moon
Apr 03, 2023 (UPI)
Koch's name was revealed Monday as a member of the four-person crew of astronauts from the United States and Canada who will journey around the moon. Koch, who ...
Successful tests of EMRS project on Mars and Moon analogues surface last February
Apr 02, 2023 (SPX)
As such, the GMV's EMRS team (OHB, AVS, HTR, DLR) has selected a modular approach, allowing different capabilities to be added to the rover and the egress with ...
New Program Office leads NASA's path forward for Moon, Mars
Mar 31, 2023 (SPX)
"The Moon to Mars Program Office will help prepare NASA to carry out our bold missions to the Moon and land the first humans on Mars," said NASA Administrator B...
The water storage capacity of the whole moon can reach 270 billion tons
Mar 31, 2023 (SPX)
In the past 20 years of lunar exploration, humans have found traces of a large amount of water on the surface of the moon. Researchers believe that hydrogen ion...
Crescent Space to deliver critical services to a growing Lunar economy
Mar 29, 2023 (SPX)
As humankind expands its presence beyond low-Earth orbit, one of the first key challenges is uninterrupted communications between Earth, the Moon, and the growi...
Researchers Find New Water Reservoir On Moon
Mar 28, 2023 (SPX)
Detailed studies show that these glass beads are likely a new water reservoir on the Moon, recording the dynamic ingress and egress of solar wind-derived water ...
SwRI-developed instrument delivered for lunar lander mission
Mar 28, 2023 (SPX)
"For more than 50 years, scientists have used magnetotelluric techniques, which use natural characteristics of the Earth's electromagnetic fields to determine t...
The science of Moon hopping
Mar 27, 2023 (ESA)
The "Movement in low gravity environments" (MoLo) programme simulates lunar gravity - called hypogravity - on Earth to investigate how human bodies' adapt and a...
Scientists find water inside glass beads on the Moon
Mar 27, 2023 (AFP)
The Moon was long believed to be dry, but over the last few decades several missions have shown there is water both on the surface and trapped inside minerals. ...
NASA seeks student solutions for managing Moon landing dust cloud
Mar 23, 2023 (SPX)
NASA's new Human Lander Challenge invites college students to explore ways to manage or prevent the cloud of dust a spacecraft stirs up when using rocket engine...
Scientist reveals goals for future lunar research station
Mar 21, 2023 (XNA)
Zou Yongliao, head of the lunar and deep space exploration division of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed the goals at a recent national space conference...
Scientists and students to develop the first Estonian lunar rover
Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)
Dr. Mihkel Pajusalu, Associate Professor of Space Technology and Head of the Space Technology Department at the Tartu Observatory stated, "In the near future, m...
Lunar Outpost and EPE will co-lead their consortium in supporting Australia's first-ever mission to the Moon.
Mar 20, 2023 (SPX)
The Consortium will design critical autonomous lunar mobility and excavation solutions for the Trailblazer Initiative. Co-led by EPE and Lunar Outpost Oceania, ...
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