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NASA Selects Astrobotic to Fly Water-Hunting Rover to the Moon
Jun 12, 2020 (SPX)
The water-seeking mobile VIPER robot will help pave the way for astronaut missions to the lunar surface beginning in 2024 and will bring NASA a step closer to d...
NASA to announce selection of company to fly VIPER rover to Moon
Jun 09, 2020 (SPX)
As the first resource-mapping mission on the surface of another world, VIPER will help pave the way for a new era of human missions to the lunar surface and wil...
First global map of rockfalls on the Moon
Jun 09, 2020 (SPX)
On the Moon, time and again boulders and blocks of rock travel downslope, leaving behind impressive tracks, a phenomenon that has been observed since the first ...
NASA awards Northrop Grumman Artemis contract for Gateway Crew Cabin
Jun 08, 2020 (SPX)
"This contract award is another significant milestone in our plan to build robust and sustainable lunar operations," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "T...
Xplore to host Space for Humanity Payload on its first lunar mission
Jun 04, 2020 (SPX)
The diverse payload reservations Xplore is attracting now includes private citizens. Dylan Taylor is a successful founder, philanthropist, prominent space inves...
New study provides maps, ice favorability index to companies looking to mine the moon
Jun 02, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Central Florida want to give prospectors looking to mine the moon better odds of striking gold, which on the moon means rich de...
Get your ticket to the Moon: Europe's lunar lander for science and more
Jun 02, 2020 (ESA)
Set to launch on an Ariane 64 rocket later this decade and return to the Moon on a regular basis, the large lander will provide unprecedented opportunities for ...
Will US Attempt to Introduce New Moon Mining Rules Trigger New Space Race?
May 29, 2020 (Sputnik)
US President Donald Trump's administration has created new rules through an executive order following a 2015 law change for how private companies might profit f...
NASA awards $3M to develop Lunar LASVEGAS
May 28, 2020 (SPX)
"LASVEGAS is about half the size of a paper towel roll. It's extremely compact, low mass, low volume and low power - all important characteristics for spaceflig...
US seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon
May 21, 2020 (The Conversation)
At the moment, no company - or nation - is yet ready to claim or take advantage of private property in space. But the US$350 billion space industry could change...
Made in India moon analog soil gets patent for ISRO
May 21, 2020 (IANS)
As a part of its Moon landing mission Chandrayaan-2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had to prepare an artificial moon surface so that the Vikram ...
Russia says ready to discuss Moon exploration with NASA
May 19, 2020 (Sputnik)
"Ambitious projects connected with the exploration of Moon could become a significant factor of cooperation between the two countries in the troubled times", De...
US hopes Russia will support Artemis Space Development Accords
May 19, 2020 (Sputnik)
"I hope that when our colleagues in Russia see what we're trying to achieve, they will support what we're trying to accomplish - to achieve norms of behaviour f...
Laser-powered rover to explore Moon's dark shadows
May 15, 2020 (ESA)
ESA's Discovery and Preparation programme funded the design of a laser system to keep a rover supplied with power from up to 15 km away while it explores some o...
Innovators around the world help NASA improve a moon digging robot
May 15, 2020 (SPX)
Supporting these efforts, researchers and engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida have designed a robot called the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems...
Faces behind NASA's Gateway
May 14, 2020 (SPX)
Meet Melissa Mcguire, the mission design manager for the Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element, who works at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. W...
New evidence shows giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the moon's crust
May 12, 2020 (SPX)
A group of international scientists led by the Royal Ontario Museum has discovered that the formation of ancient rocks on the Moon may be directly linked to lar...
Astrobotic to develop new commercial payload service for NASA human lunar lander
May 11, 2020 (SPX)
The design and development of HLS for Artemis will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. With thisnew approach, the human lander will not o...
Violent meteorite impacts forged parts of the lunar crust
May 11, 2020 (UPI)
Analysis of a lunar rock, brought home by astronauts on NASA's 1972 Apollo 17 mission, revealed the presence of minerals that can only form at temperatures grea...
Chang Zheng-5B, China's Response to the US Lunar Project
May 11, 2020 (Sputnik)
China's first successful launch of the new Chang Zheng-5B heavy-lift launch vehicle on 6 May took place at the same time as the United States announced the draf...
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