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Moon rock on Joe Biden's desk raises hopes for lunar return
Jan 26, 2021 (UPI)
The White House said the moon rock was part of Biden's goal to have the office reflect the best of American accomplishments. Astronauts chipped the rock from a ...
SpaceX's Starship clears latest hurdle in quest to return to moon
Jan 24, 2021 (UPI)
SpaceX said its engineers conducted a full fueling test on Monday night of the company's reusable Starship launch system at its Starbase test site in Boca Chica...
Lunar Surface Trash or Treasure?
Jan 21, 2021 (SPX)
Since 1959, the lunar surface has experienced a barrage of man-made attacks of various kinds. It all began on September 13th with Soviet probe Luna 2 when it sm...
China issues document to boost global cooperation on lunar samples
Jan 19, 2021 (XNA)
Developed by the China National Space Administration, the document has nine chapters and 37 clauses, governing the storage, management and use of lunar samples ...
Orion Ready to Fuel Up for Artemis I Mission
Jan 15, 2021 (SPX)
With this formal transfer of ownership from the Orion Program and lead contractor Lockheed Martin, the spacecraft will move from the manufacturing and assembly ...
Lockheed Martin-Built Orion spacecraft is ready for its Moon mission
Jan 15, 2021 (SPX)
Orion is NASA's new human-rated exploration-class spaceship that will take astronauts into deep space including the Moon and Mars. Lockheed Martin is the prime ...
NASA, Japan formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis Program
Jan 13, 2021 (SPX)
Under this agreement, Japan will provide several capabilities for the Gateway's International Habitation module (I-Hab), which will provide the heart of Gateway...
Tiny NASA cameras to watch commercial lander form craters on moon
Jan 11, 2021 (SPX)
It's about half the size of a computer mouse. But the only spying this camera - four of them, actually - will do is for NASA researchers wondering what happens ...
Dynetics achieves critical NASA milestone and delivers key data on lunar lander program
Jan 11, 2021 (SPX)
At the Continuation Review, Dynetics provided details to NASA on its early design efforts, mission plans, and its hardware and software build as well as test ac...
Chang'e 4 probe resumes work for 26th lunar day
Jan 11, 2021 (XNA)
The lander woke up at 3:13 a.m. on Friday (Beijing time), and the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, woke up at 10:29 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Lunar Expl...
UK eyes plan to send first rover to Moon in 2021
Jan 05, 2021 (Sputnik)
Britain is to launch a little "space spider" Asagumo probe to the Moon in 2021, the Telegraph reported. The designers opted for multiple legs instead of wheels ...
Danes staying in origami-inspired 'Lunar' camp in Greenland end their mission
Jan 01, 2021 (Sputnik)
Danish "space architects" Sebastian Aristotelis and Karl-Johan Sorensen have wrapped up their mission in Greenland aimed at testing a "Lunark" shelter - an orig...
Lunar gold rush could create conflict on the ground if we don't act now
Jan 01, 2021 (The Conversation)
Many countries and private companies have ambitious plans to explore or mine the Moon. This won't be at some remote point in time but soon - even in this decade...
Scientists review how they study lunar samples
Jan 01, 2021 (XNA)
Researchers have set up special storage facilities, constructed laboratories for sample processing and analysis, and developed detailed operating procedures to ...
Presidential transition, weak funding put 2024 moon landing goal in doubt
Dec 28, 2020 (UPI)
"We can say, really, it's impossible at this point to meet that 2024 goal," said Casey Dreier, chief advocate for The Planetary Society, which says it is the la...
SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics await NASA lunar lander decision
Dec 25, 2020 (UPI)
The three space firms were selected in April to submit proposals early this month. Having done that, they now await NASA's decision, which is scheduled for Febr...
China's lunar rover travels about 600 meters on moon's far side
Dec 25, 2020 (XNA)
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have ended their work for the 25th lunar day, and switched to the dormant mode for the lunar night due to t...
Researchers identify over 109,000 impact craters on moon
Dec 25, 2020 (XNA)
The study, led by researchers from Jilin University, was published in the journal Nature Communications. Impact craters are the most prominent lunar surface fea...
Chandrayaan-2 Mission : Initial data release
Dec 25, 2020 (SPX)
In the period since launch payload teams tuned onboard systems for optimal instrument configurations, derived essential in-flight calibration data, revised / up...
UCF developed sensor passes first test, on track for future moon missions
Dec 21, 2020 (SPX)
UCF researchers designed the Ejecta STORM instrument to scan the area around a lunar lander for moondust and other hazards based on a concept planetary scientis...
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