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TTTech Aerospace and RUAG Space selected by Maxar to supply TTEthernet network platform for NASA's Gateway
Feb 25, 2021 (SPX)
"Maxar completed the Systems Requirements Review for PPE, and we are now beginning to contract our sub-suppliers. We chose TTTech Aerospace because they can pro...
Apollo rock samples capture key moments in the Moon's early history, study find
Feb 25, 2021 (SPX)
The analysis, published in the journal Science Advances, used a technique called secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) to study volcanic glasses returned from ...
ESA plans mission to explore lunar caves
Feb 25, 2021 (ESA)
Through these five Sysnova studies, three mission scenarios were developed - one to perform a preliminary scout of entry pits and underground caves from the Moo...
China's lunar rover travels 652 meters on far side
Feb 23, 2021 (XNA)
The lander was switched to dormant mode at 1:30 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time) as scheduled, and the rover, Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), at 1:48 a.m. Friday, said the ce...
Goddard's Core Flight Software Chosen for NASA's Lunar Gateway
Feb 12, 2021 (SPX)
As part of the Artemis program, NASA will send astronauts to the Moon and establish a sustained lunar presence by the end of the decade. The Gateway will provid...
How to Get Water on the Moon
Feb 12, 2021 (SPX)
Lunar water has been found locked in ice form in the cold, permanently shadowed craters at the Moon's poles, and drifting in gas form in the very thin lunar atm...
Teaching an Old Spacecraft New Tricks to Continue Exploring the Moon
Feb 12, 2021 (SPX)
In the Spring of 2018, LRO's Miniature Inertial Measurement Unit (MIMU), a critical sensor used to help point the spacecraft's instruments, was powered off to p...
NASA awards contract to launch initial elements for lunar outpost
Feb 10, 2021 (SPX)
After integration on Earth, the PPE and HALO are targeted to launch together no earlier than May 2024 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's...
Ozmens' SNC delivers prototype lunar crew module to DYNETICS
Feb 10, 2021 (SPX)
If the Dynetics-led team is selected to continue development of their human landing system for NASA's Artemis program, the SNC crew module could transport the f...
Orbit Logic Tackles Autonomous Lunar Exploration with Robotic Swarms
Feb 09, 2021 (SPX)
Orbit Logic's existing Autonomous Planning System (APS) is the foundation of the IN-PASS architecture. An instance of APS will operate onboard each swarm asset ...
Chang'e 4 lander, rover resume work on moon
Feb 09, 2021 (XNA)
The Yutu 2 rover activated at 4:26 am on Saturday and the lander activated just over 12 hours later, the China National Space Administration's Lunar Exploration...
White House: Biden supports NASA program to send astronauts to moon
Feb 05, 2021 (UPI)
The Trump administration called for NASA to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 as part of an overall mission to ultimately send humans to Mars. But with weak...
NASA Selects Firefly Aerospace for Artemis Commercial Moon Delivery in 2023
Feb 05, 2021 (SPX)
The award is part of the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, in which NASA is securing the service of commercial partners to quickly l...
Armstrong Assists with Orion for First Astronaut Mission
Feb 05, 2021 (SPX)
NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is providing system engineering and integration expertise to assist with an Orion heat shield sp...
Lunar traffic to pick up as NASA readies for robotic commercial moon deliveries
Feb 04, 2021 (SPX)
The agency has already purchased space on five upcoming commercial Moon missions and is expected to announce yet another task order award soon. The upcoming awa...
Airbus studies Moon Cruiser concept for ESA's cis-lunar transfer vehicle
Jan 29, 2021 (SPX)
The execution of lunar missions, including landing on the Moon and setting up upcoming lunar space station, Gateway, is a complex and challenging task for the i...
On nights before a full moon, people go to bed later and sleep less
Jan 28, 2021 (SPX)
In a paper published Jan. 27 in Science Advances, scientists at the University of Washington, the National University of Quilmes in Argentina and Yale Universit...
China, Russia to start building lunar research station by 2026
Jan 28, 2021 (UPI)
"We are intensively engaged in negotiations and have basically reached a consensus. The agreement is quite possible to be signed as soon as possible this year,"...
Welding underway on Orion indended for landing astronauts on the Moon
Jan 28, 2021 (SPX)
The crew module's primary structure, the pressure vessel, is comprised of seven machined aluminum alloy pieces that are welded together through a weld process t...
NASA's Artemis Base Camp on the Moon will need light, water, elevation
Jan 28, 2021 (SPX)
Scientists and engineers are helping NASA determine the precise location of the Artemis Base Camp concept. Among the many things NASA must take into account in ...
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