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'Space Architects' Design Origami-Inspired Foldable Lunar Habitat, Will Test in Arctic
May 08, 2020 (Sputnik)
Two Danish designers have developed an origami-inspired foldable house that could be useful for offworld explorers from NASA's Artemis mission to the moon. The ...
Pursuing the future of lunar habitation
May 05, 2020 (SPX)
And she wants her research to help bridge that gap. Dyke, head of Purdue University's RETH (Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats) Institute, says her research fo...
Research reveals possible active tectonic system on the moon
May 01, 2020 (SPX)
"There's this assumption that the Moon is long dead, but we keep finding that that's not the case," said Peter Schultz, a professor in Brown University's Depart...
NASA names companies to develop human landers for Artemis Moon Missions
May 01, 2020 (SPX)
The human landing system awards under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) Appendix H Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) are firm-...
China's lunar rover travels about 448 meters on moon's far side
May 01, 2020 (XNA)
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have ended their work for the 17th lunar day, and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night due to the l...
Musk, Bezos win NASA contracts for Moon lander
Apr 30, 2020 (AFP)
The human landing system contracts were given to Musk's SpaceX, Bezos' Blue Origin and Dynetics, who receive $967 million. The three will compete against each o...
NASA scientists tapped to mature more rugged seismometer system to measure moonquakes
Apr 30, 2020 (SPX)
If Terry Hurford, a geophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has his way, a next-generation, highly rugged seismometer that he...
NASA CubeSat Will Shine a Laser Light on the Moon's Darkest Craters
Apr 28, 2020 (JPL)
This is where NASA's Lunar Flashlight comes in. About the size of a briefcase, the small satellite - also known as a CubeSat - aims to detect naturally occurrin...
USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the moon
Apr 23, 2020 (USGS)
For the first time, the entire lunar surface has been completely mapped and uniformly classified by scientists from the USGS, in collaboration with NASA and the...
ESA helps analyse untouched Moon rocks
Apr 17, 2020 (ESA)
With one sample already being analysed, preparations are now being made to open the second later this year. This work focuses on rock and soil retrieved during ...
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 17th lunar day
Apr 17, 2020 (XNA)
The lander woke up at 1:24 p.m. Friday (Beijing time), and the rover awoke at 8:57 p.m. Thursday. Both are in normal working order, according to the Lunar Explo...
Moon dust and 3D printing will be standard for future lunar operations
Apr 17, 2020 (SPX)
Reduction of elevated supply chain costs and times connected to space exploration were amongst the main drivers which brought to the joint investigation on beha...
Time-travelling ESA team explore a virtual Moon
Apr 15, 2020 (SPX)
Apollo 15 was among the most ambitious of the six lunar landings, crossing a mountain range that rises higher than the Himalayas before landing beside Hadley Ri...
Xplore wins USAF award for innovative Cislunar commercial capabilities
Apr 15, 2020 (SPX)
Today, Earth-orbiting satellites rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation circling the Earth at an altitude of about 20,000 km (12,42...
Japan plans to launch micro probe into lunar orbit using solid-fuel rocket
Apr 14, 2020 (Sputnik)
The use of solid-fuel rockets in space exploration is not common, but compared to liquid propellants, it can make the process easier and cheaper. Japan is tryin...
Help Pave the Way for Artemis: Send NASA Your Mini Moon Payload Designs
Apr 13, 2020 (JPL)
These tiny robots would provide mission flexibility and collect key information about the lunar surface, its resources and the environment. The data collected b...
Apollo 13's 50th anniversary recalls NASA tragedy turned triumph
Apr 10, 2020 (UPI)
The third attempt to reach the moon ended with a serious explosion on the spacecraft as it neared the celestial body. That set off a series of emergencies on bo...
NASA awards contract to deliver science, tech to Moon ahead of human missions
Apr 09, 2020 (SPX)
The payloads, which include instruments to assess the composition of the lunar surface, test precision landing technologies, and evaluate the radiation on the M...
Space Tango wins NASA utilization awards for LEO Commercialization of biomedical applications
Apr 09, 2020 (SPX)
"We appreciate the support from NASA for our efforts to establish biomedical discovery manufacturing capabilities on orbit," said Twyman Clements, co-founder an...
When the Moon dust settles, it won't settle in VIPER's wheels
Apr 09, 2020 (SPX)
NASA's new Moon rover, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, has been running tests to ensure its wheel module components are dust-proof in advan...
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