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Growing interest in Moon resources could cause tension, scientists find
Nov 24, 2020 (SPX)
"A lot of people think of space as a place of peace and harmony between nations. The problem is there's no law to regulate who gets to use the resources, and th...
China launches Moon probe to bring back lunar rocks
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
China has poured billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually sending humans to the Moo...
Milestones mark the way to moon exploration
Nov 24, 2020 (XNA)
However, their suggestion was turned down by Premier Zhou Enlai out of consideration of the technological, technical and financial difficulties. About 24 years ...
Lowell Scientists Help Characterize Second Known Minimoon
Nov 24, 2020 (SPX)
Minimoons are small asteroids temporarily captured into orbit around Earth. Within about a year, they are flung back into interplanetary space. The first known ...
China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing has poured billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually sending humans to the M...
NASA 'hard-pressed' to land astronauts on Moon in 2024, cites COVID-19 delays
Nov 22, 2020 (Sputnik)
In a report released earlier this month, NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) stated that the agency will be "hard-pressed to land astronauts on the moon by...
Lunar Gateway Instruments to Improve Weather Forecasting for Artemis Astronauts
Nov 20, 2020 (SPX)
The instrument suites, named after two of Artemis's half-siblings in Greek Mythology - Ersa, the goddess of dew, and Hermes, the messenger of the Olympian gods ...
Northrop Grumman completes PDR for NASA's Gateway Crew Module
Nov 19, 2020 (SPX)
The design for HALO is based on Northrop Grumman's flight-proven Cygnus spacecraft, a human-capable vehicle that delivers supplies, equipment and experiments to...
ESA engineers assess Moon Village habitat
Nov 18, 2020 (ESA)
This review process flagged various issues but found no show-stoppers - which mean something resembling the company's innovative, four-person semi-inflatable st...
The satellites of Luna
Nov 18, 2020 (ESA)
The Moon was once the domain of the gods; many mythologies feature lunar deities. But humans are explorers, setting sail to discover new worlds and, five decade...
Idea Revived for Ultimately Large Telescope on the Moon
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
"Throughout the history of astronomy, telescopes have become more powerful, allowing us to probe sources from successively earlier cosmic times - ever closer to...
China prepares to launch Long March-5 rocket for Chang'e-5 mission
Nov 18, 2020 (XNA)
The carrier rocket, coded as Long March-5 Y5, is planned to be launched in late November, according to the China National Space Administration. Space engineers ...
Lunar mission set for launch this month
Nov 18, 2020 (XNA)
Chang'e 5, the next mission in China's lunar exploration program, will be launched from the Wen-chang Space Launch Center in Hainan province before the end of t...
Moon Mark and Lunar Outpost announce partnership for racers to land on the Moon in 2021
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
Lunar Outpost will adapt its patented Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP), created for extraterrestrial scientific missions, for racing mobility. Afte...
Rocket to lift Chang'e 5 moved to launch pad
Nov 17, 2020 (XNA)
The 57-meter Long March 5 heavy-lift carrier rocket, which weighs about 870 metric tons, was vertically placed on a mobile platform that moved about two hours b...
Russia declassifies Soviet documents about Moon Race with US
Nov 17, 2020 (Sputnik)
Many things were discussed in the Soviet government as it competed with the US to be the first to send samples of the Moon's soil back to Earth in 1969, but, ac...
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 24th lunar day
Nov 11, 2020 (XNA)
The lander woke up at 3:12 am Tuesday, Beijing Time, and the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, woke up at 10:17 am Monday, according to the Lunar Exploration and ...
NASA seeks new partners to help put all eyes on Artemis Moon missions
Nov 06, 2020 (SPX)
The agency has released an Announcement for Proposals calling for submissions of potential partnerships to visually bring the public along for the ride in new w...
Orion is 'Fairing' Well and Moving Ahead Toward Artemis I
Nov 05, 2020 (SPX)
The panels were inspected and moved into place for installation by technicians with Lockheed Martin, the lead contractor for Orion. Once secured, they encapsula...
New mineral discovered in moon meteorite
Nov 04, 2020 (SPX)
Besides the about 382 kilograms of rocks and soils collected by the Apollo and Luna missions, lunar meteorites allow valuable insights into the formation of the...
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