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NASA publishes Artemis plan to return Americans to Moon in 2024
Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)
In the 18 months since NASA accepted a bold challenge to accelerate its exploration plans by more than four years and establish sustainable exploration by the e...
Astrobotic completes Peregrine Lunar Lander Structural Model testing
Sep 21, 2020 (SPX)
The test campaign was completed using the Peregrine Structural Test Model (STM), a one-to-one scale representation of Peregrine that was assembled at Astrobotic...
China determined to land astronauts on lunar surface
Sep 21, 2020 (XNA)
Zhou Yanfei, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program, said on Friday that China wishes to use the manned lunar missions to carry out scientific su...
China to launch Chang'e-5 lunar probe this year
Sep 21, 2020 (XNA)
Yu Dengyun, deputy chief designer of China's lunar exploration program, said preparations are progressing smoothly, and the Chang'e-5 probe will make a soft lan...
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 22nd lunar day
Sep 14, 2020 (XNA)
The lander woke up at 5:15 a.m. on Saturday (Beijing time), and the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, woke up at 11:54 a.m. on Friday, sources with the Lunar Expl...
Payloads on China's retired lunar probe still operating
Sep 14, 2020 (XNA)
As of Sept. 1, the Chang'e-3 lunar mission has been on the moon for 2,453 Earth days, and some of the scientific payloads carried by the lander are still operat...
Space resources are the key to safe and sustainable Lunar exploration
Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)
Moreover, leveraging commercial involvement as part of Artemis will enhance our ability to safely return to the Moon in a sustainable, innovative, and affordabl...
China's Chang'e-4 probe reveals landing site impact history on moon's far side
Sep 10, 2020 (XNA)
The study revealed that the landing area of the probe, located within the largest and oldest impact basin on the moon, had experienced multiple impact events an...
Gather Moon rocks for us, NASA urges private companies
Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)
The contract doesn't actually involve getting to the Moon itself -- a feat only achieved by the national space agencies of three countries -- but instead envisa...
NASA enlists commercial partners to fly payloads to Moon
Sep 09, 2020 (SPX)
Through the CLPS initiative, NASA taps its commercial partners to quickly land scientific instruments and technology demonstrations on the Moon. The initiative ...
New gears can withstand impact, temps during lunar missions
Sep 08, 2020 (SPX)
One NASA project is developing special gears that can withstand the extreme temperatures experienced during missions to the Moon and beyond. Typically, in extre...
Has Earth's oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years
Sep 03, 2020 (SPX)
Iron is highly reactive with oxygen - forming reddish rust commonly seen on Earth. The lunar surface and interior, however, are virtually devoid of oxygen, so p...
Orion program completes key review for Artemis I
Sep 02, 2020 (SPX)
The review examined every spacecraft system, all test data, inspection reports, and analyses that support verification, to ensure every aspect of the spacecraft...
China's Chang'e-4 probe survives 600 Earth days on Moon's far side
Sep 01, 2020 (XNA)
With a variety of scientific gear on board, the Chinese lunar probe observed and measured the exotic land, offering unprecedented views and understanding of the...
Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon
Sep 01, 2020 (SPX)
The research, published recently in the journal Acta Astronautica, marks the latest to explore a persistent, and perhaps surprising, hiccup in humanity's dreams...
Sensing the Moon with the Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer
Aug 31, 2020 (ESA)
The Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (ITMS) imaged above is a part of an instrument that will detect lunar volatiles from both the extremely thin atmosphere of the Mo...
Wheelock readies astronauts for Lunar landing
Aug 31, 2020 (SPX)
Wheelock is a veteran test pilot and retired U.S. Army colonel who has accumulated 178 days in space and was a guest speaker at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research...
Orion Window Panel Complete for Front-Row View on Artemis Moon Mission
Aug 20, 2020 (SPX)
The first element machined for the Artemis III Orion crew module - a cone panel with openings for windows which will provide that spectacular view - was designe...
Lander exhaust could cloud studies of Lunar ices
Aug 16, 2020 (SPX)
Computer simulations of water vapor emitted by a 2,650-pound (1,200-kilogram) lander - about a quarter of the dry mass of the Apollo lunar module - touching dow...
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 21st lunar day
Aug 16, 2020 (XNA)
The lander woke up at 14:54 Thursday (Beijing Time) while the rover awoke at 20:34 Wednesday. Both are in normal working order, according to the Lunar Explorati...
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