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NASA returning to the Moon with mega rocket launch
Nov 15, 2022 (AFP)
After two failed attempts, NASA plans to launch its new mega Moon rocket early Wednesday from Florida, less than a week after the massive machine withstood a hu...
Final preparations underway for NASA's Moon rocket launch
Nov 14, 2022 (AFP)
The Artemis 1 mission, a test flight without astronauts, represents the first step in the US space agency's plan to build a lasting presence on the Moon, and ta...
Why go back to the Moon
Nov 14, 2022 (AFP)
It was the height of the Cold War and America needed a big victory to demonstrate its space superiority after the Soviet Union had launched the first satellite ...
An overview of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon
Nov 14, 2022 (AFP)
The meticulously choreographed uncrewed flight should yield spectacular images as well as valuable scientific data. - Blastoff - The giant Space Launch System r...
CAPSTONE initial insertion at the Moon executed as planned
Nov 13, 2022 (SPX)
The leadup to the NRHO insertion maneuver (NIM) was quite busy behind the scenes. Ever want to see what happens leading in the Mission Operations room, here's a...
'Like the Moon': Astronauts flock to Spanish isle to train
Nov 12, 2022 (AFP)
Gerst is not on the Moon, even if it looks like it. He is in the middle of Los Volcanes Natural Park on the island of Lanzarote in Spain's Canary Islands, off t...
NASA laser reflector for ESA satnav on Lunar Pathfinder
Nov 11, 2022 (ESA)
Safeguarded within multiple layers of packaging with 'shock watches' in three dimensions within the shipping case, to detect any rough treatment, NASA's Laser R...
Gearing up for the Moon with Pangaea
Nov 10, 2022 (ESA)
Alexander and Stephanie arrived at the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote for an intense week of training as part of ESA's Pangaea geology course. For the fifth...
iSpace receives license to conduct business activity on the Moon from Japanese Government
Nov 09, 2022 (SPX)
The approval, the first granted under Japan's recently enacted Act on the Promotion of Business Activities for the Exploration and Development of Space Resource...
NASA makes progress with new Lunar Terrain Vehicle services
Nov 03, 2022 (SPX)
The draft request for proposals for the LTV Services (LTVS) contract is now ready for industry to review, and NASA will accept feedback until Dec. 1. The draft ...
CAPSTONE 2 weeks from lunar arrival
Nov 01, 2022 (SPX)
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, CAPSTONE, spacecraft mission will test the lunar Near Rectilinear Ha...
CAPSTONE completes successful maneuver, teeing up Lunar orbit
Nov 01, 2022 (SPX)
CAPSTONE is no longer in safe mode following an issue in early September that caused the spacecraft to spin. The team identified the most likely cause as a valv...
NASA invites BGU scientist to present lunar power plan without energy storage
Nov 01, 2022 (SPX)
This earth-bound mindset has been challenged recently by a paradigm shift developed by Ben-Gurion University's Prof. Jeffrey Gordon, which he was invited to pre...
Volunteers worldwide to track Artemis I mission
Nov 01, 2022 (SPX)
The uncrewed Artemis I flight test, targeted to launch Nov. 14, will provide a foundation for deep space human exploration and test the Orion spacecraft and the...
Scientists utilize lunar soils to sustainably supply oxygen and fuels on moon in an unmanned manner
Oct 28, 2022 (SPX)
With the rapid progress of moon exploration, researchers have discovered that the moon's surface has considerable carbon dioxide and water reserves, which furth...
NASA's Lunar Flashlight ready to search for the lunar ice
Oct 28, 2022 (SPX)
It's known that water ice exists below the lunar regolith (broken rock and dust), but scientists don't yet understand whether surface ice frost covers the floor...
UCF researchers create lunar regolith bricks that could be used to construct Artemis base camp
Oct 26, 2022 (SPX)
Associate Professor Ranajay Ghosh of UCF's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and his research group found that 3D-printed bricks of lunar regol...
Chang'e-5 samples reveal how young volcanism occurred on the Moon
Oct 24, 2022 (SPX)
The researchers found that mantle melting-point depression due to the presence of fusible, easily melted components could generate young lunar volcanism. Their ...
Chang'E-5 mission returned samples shed new light on our moon's surface makeup and geologic history
Oct 24, 2022 (SPX)
A team of researchers led by Prof. LI Chunlai from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) published their findings on...
NASA orders three more Orion spacecraft from Lockheed Martin
Oct 21, 2022 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor to NASA for the Orion program and has completed two Orion vehicles-EFT-1 which flew in 2014, and Artemis I, which is wee...
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