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Lunar radar data uncovers new clues about moon's ancient past
Dec 03, 2021 (SPX)
"Using careful data processing, we found interesting new evidence that this buried layer, called paleoregolith, may be much thicker than previously expected," s...
High-Speed Lunar Surface Transportation
Dec 03, 2021 (SPX)
Flying units, powered by chemical rockets are fast, but the price of speed is payload and range. On the other hand, a hopping transporter concept,conceived in t...
Asteroid material deposited during large impacts record the moon's ancient magnetic field
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
Scientists at Purdue University and the University of California, Santa Cruz, led by Brandon Johnson, Purdue associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and plan...
NASA's Orion capsule performs burn to leave distant retrograde orbit
Dec 01, 2021 (UPI)
The burn, which was livestreamed by NASA, began about 4:53 p.m. EST and lasted for 1 minute, 45 seconds, and was successful. The procedure involved firing engin...
NASA's Orion capsule to leave distant retrograde orbit, return to Earth
Nov 30, 2021 (UPI)
Artemis 1 mission management leaders provided a preview on Wednesday, from Johnson Space Center, of the upcoming maneuver that will ultimately send the test fli...
Mining tech heads for the stars as IMDEX backs lunar rover project
Nov 24, 2021 (SPX)
IMDEX is part of a group of companies supporting Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) that is looking to leverage autonomous technology prev...
Fission System to power exploration on the Moon's surface and beyond
Nov 22, 2021 (SPX)
NASA has plans for a robust presence on the Moon under Artemis and eventually Mars, including the development of a fission surface power system for safe, effici...
Lunar Dust conquered with BIG Idea Dust Mitigation Concept
Nov 22, 2021 (SPX)
On the Moon, dust creates a unique set of challenges - which will require new technology to overcome and ensure space exploration system reliability and astrona...
Battelle Energy Alliance, NASA seek industry partners to design nuclear power system for lunar applications
Nov 22, 2021 (SPX)
The FSP project is sponsored by NASA in collaboration with the Department of the Energy and INL to establish a durable, high-power, sun-independent power source...
Highly specialized team to design vehicle for sustainable lunar surface mobility operations
Nov 18, 2021 (SPX)
"Together with our teammates, we will provide NASA with an agile and affordable vehicle design to greatly enhance human and robotic exploration of the lunar sur...
NASA Selects Intuitive Machines for New Lunar Science Delivery
Nov 18, 2021 (JPL)
The investigations aboard Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander are destined for Reiner Gamma, one of the most distinctive and enigmatic natural features on the Moo...
CO2 cold traps offer potential Lunar resource
Nov 16, 2021 (SPX)
"After water, carbon is probably the most important resource on the Moon. It can be used for the production of rocket fuel, but also for biomaterials and steel....
Artemis I captures new images of Earth, the moon and Orion spacecraft
Nov 16, 2021 (UPI)
After several delays Artemis I blasted off early Wednesday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Before returning to Earth, NASA's Artem...
Eagles complete CubeSat construction; next stop: the Moon
Nov 15, 2021 (SPX)
EagleCam will take the world's first third-person shot of a spacecraft as it makes an extraterrestrial landing and will become the first university student proj...
NASA may not land people on moon again until 2027, new audit says
Nov 15, 2021 (UPI)
Former Vice President Mike Pence set that 2024 goal in a 2019 speech, giving NASA just five years to accomplish the feat. While NASA reinforced the practicality...
NASA's CAPSTONE probe overcomes malfunction, reaches orbit around the moon
Nov 14, 2021 (UPI)
CAPSTONE had to fire its engines twice more to get back to the moon, where it entered a highly elliptical near rectilinear halo orbit or NRHO about 7:39 p.m., N...
MDA awarded initial design phase contract for lunar rover
Nov 12, 2021 (SPX)
The rover will conduct its mission at the South Pole of the Moon, providing the opportunity to explore resources in the permanently shadowed regions, including ...
China releases information of 15 new lunar samples online
Nov 11, 2021 (XNA)
Public users can log on to the website of China's Lunar and Deep Space Exploration (www.clep.org.cn) to check for the related information of the 15 new samples ...
The Moon's top layer alone has enough oxygen to sustain 8 billion people for 100,000 years
Nov 11, 2021 (The Conversation)
In October, the Australian Space Agency and NASA signed a deal to send an Australian-made rover to the Moon under the Artemis program, with a goal to collect lu...
NASA outlines challenges, progress for Artemis Moon Missions
Nov 10, 2021 (SPX)
The update follows a judge's recent decision to uphold NASA's selection of SpaceX to develop and demonstrate a modern human lunar lander for returning astronaut...
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