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NASA's CAPSTONE probe suffers anomaly, put in safe mode
Sep 13, 2021 (UPI)
NASA and its private partner Advanced Space issued the update Monday, after what they referred to as an anomaly. "This is a dynamic operational situation," Colo...
NASA delays launch of Artemis I rocket until Sept. 27
Sep 13, 2021 (UPI)
NASA said Monday that the new date would give it more time to prepare for the cryogenic demonstration test and the launch. The new backup date is Oct. 2. "This ...
Moon rock class in session
Sep 10, 2021 (ESA)
With all eyes set on the Moon, the three-week campaign has increasingly focussed on lunar geology. Now in its fourth edition, the course kicked off this week wi...
Researchers enlist robot swarms to mine lunar resources
Sep 09, 2021 (SPX)
After all, if someone from Los Angeles was moving to New York to build a house, it would be a lot easier to buy the building materials in New York rather than b...
York Space Systems tackled Exotrail electric propulsion system for its Cislunar mission
Sep 09, 2021 (SPX)
ExoMGTM - cluster2 system will be integrated onboard YORK SPACE SYSTEMS S-Class platform for a satellite mission aiming to orbit the moon and deliver Earth-to-M...
Astronaut geology bound for the Moon
Sep 07, 2021 (ESA)
The course has come of age in its fourth edition with a greater focus on Earth's only natural satellite. "There has never been a better time to run this course ...
German Space Agency Chief says will discuss Lunar base project with Roscosmos
Sep 03, 2021 (Sputnik)
In March, Russia reaffirmed its lunar exploration ambitions by signing a memorandum on cooperation with China's National Space Administration on the creation of...
Exchange of lunar samples between NASA, China unlikely in near future
Sep 03, 2021 (Sputnik)
"Currently, there's no plans to create a bilateral arrangement with China on the exchange of samples," Green said at a Tuesday meeting of the Lunar Exploration ...
NASA prompts companies for Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle Solutions
Sep 01, 2021 (SPX)
Through a request for information, NASA is addressing challenges associated with the LTV's lifetime, including surviving the long, cold lunar night and options ...
NASA to launch first human-oriented lunar mission in 50 years
Aug 29, 2021 (UPI)
Artemis I, the long-awaited first mission that will pave the way for humans to return to the lunar surface, is scheduled to lift off from the launch pad at the ...
A decade in the making, NASA's Artemis 1 launch is first step back to the moon
Aug 26, 2021 (UPI)
The uncrewed test flight is the first for NASA's Space Launch System, which is paired with the Orion capsule, to ensure it can eventually deliver astronauts saf...
Indian space agency seeks proposal to utilise data from Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter
Aug 25, 2021 (Sputnik)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has called on the nation's scientific community to come up with a proposal on how to analyse and utilise the data ...
Intuitive Machines selects MDA lunar landing sensors to support moon mission
Aug 25, 2021 (SPX)
Intuitive Machines was selected as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. These CLPS missions will help lay the foundation for future ...
Xplore receives USAF contract to develop a commercial navigation and timing service for cislunar space
Aug 25, 2021 (SPX)
Xplore's current Phase II effort culminates in a hardware in the loop testbed that will demonstrate the required performance to enable precision cislunar missio...
Russia postpones lunar mission over 'problems during testing'
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
The country's space agency Roscosmos announced last week that the mission -- originally scheduled for October 1 -- from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East...
UCF experimental space dirt used by NASA, private companies to advance space exploration
Aug 24, 2021 (SPX)
Chances are that some of the equipment landing on the moon and the methods that will be used to grow food or build shelter, will have been tested first on exper...
'Long time coming': NASA 'a go' for launch of Artemis test mission to moon
Aug 23, 2021 (UPI)
The Artemis 1 mission is scheduled for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida after 8:30 a.m. Monday within a two-hour window, the agency said in a briefi...
Planetary scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on the Moon
Aug 23, 2021 (SPX)
In an article recently published in Geophysical Research Letters, the scientists found that solar radiation could be a more important source of lunar iron nanop...
A 'True' Blue Moon occurs this weekend
Aug 20, 2021 (SPX)
In modern usage, "Blue Moon" has come to refer to the second full Moon in a month (the last of these occurred on October 31, 2020) - but that hasn't always been...
Firefly Aerospace selects Redwire as key mission partner in 2023 Lunar lander mission
Aug 19, 2021 (SPX)
Firefly Aerospace was awarded a contract to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon in 2023 for NASA's Artemis pr...
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