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NASA unveils more Moon to Mars mission plans
Apr 07, 2020 (Sputnik)
NASA'S ambitious Artemis programme aimed at returning astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024 has just been expanded even further, aiming to maintain a human pr...
Xplore receives USAF award for innovative commercial capabilities around the Moon
Apr 07, 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...
NASA Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13, 'A Successful Failure'
Apr 07, 2020 (SPX)
The overwhelming success of the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 and the subsequent Apollo 12 mission gave many the impression that lunar landings were almost rou...
Year's biggest supermoon to light up Tuesday's night sky
Apr 06, 2020 (UPI)
On April 7, the moon will be just 221,772 miles from Earth, some 30,000 miles closer than it was just two weeks ago. "This proximity will provide the largest ap...
China's lunar rover travels over 424 meters on moon's far side
Apr 02, 2020 (XNA)
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have ended their work for the 16th lunar day, and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night due to the l...
Using augmented reality to prepare Orion hardware
Apr 02, 2020 (SPX)
Mary Lakaszcyck, a technician with ASRC Federal Data Solutions, a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin, wears a pair of AR goggles as she places tape in locations w...
Last stop before launch: Orion passes tests and returns to Kennedy Space Center
Mar 30, 2020 (ESA)
Orion spent four months at NASA's Plum Brook station where it was subjected to the vacuum and temperatures of -175C to 75C it will experience on its flight to t...
Astronaut urine to build moon bases
Mar 30, 2020 (SPX)
NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Chinese counterpart plan to build moon bases in the coming decades, as part of a broader space exploration plan th...
NASA awards Artemis contract for Gateway Logistics Services
Mar 30, 2020 (SPX)
At the Moon, NASA and its partners will gain the experience necessary to mount a historic human mission to Mars. SpaceX will deliver critical pressurized and un...
Welcome Home, Orion: spacecraft ready for final Artemis I launch preparations
Mar 27, 2020 (SPX)
The spacecraft - comprised of the crew module and service module - arrived in Ohio during the fall of 2019, where two phases of testing occurred inside the worl...
Hunting out water on the Moon
Mar 26, 2020 (ESA)
Researcher Hannah Sargeant of the UK's Open University has made Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 Europe 2020 Innovation list for her work developing an improved me...
Moon thrusters withstand over 60 hot-fire tests
Mar 25, 2020 (SPX)
NASA and Frontier Aerospace of Simi Valley, California, performed roughly 60 hot-fire tests on two thruster prototypes over the course of 10 days. The tests con...
Artemis I Spacecraft Environmental Testing Complete
Mar 25, 2020 (SPX)
The test campaign, which was completed ahead of schedule in mid-March, subjected the spacecraft to the extreme temperatures and electromagnetic conditions it wi...
Russia to create first 3D Map of the Moon
Mar 24, 2020 (Sputnik)
Russia plans to create the first topographic 3D map of the Moon and will determine a site where the country's cosmonauts to land, head of the Russian Space Rese...
Russia eyes Oct 2021 launch for first lunar mission in 45 years
Mar 17, 2020 (Sputnik)
The last Soviet interplanetary automatic station was Luna-24, launched in 1976. Russia in its history has not yet sent a spacecraft to the moon. "Therefore, the...
NASA selects first science instruments to send to Lunar Gateway
Mar 13, 2020 (SPX)
"Building the Gateway with our commercial and international partners is a critical component of sustainable lunar exploration and the Artemis program," said NAS...
UNM scientists find Earth and moon not identical oxygen twins
Mar 11, 2020 (SPX)
The paper, titled Distinct oxygen isotope compositions of the Earth and Moon, may challenge the current understanding of the formation of the Moon. Previous res...
Join the Artemis Generation
Mar 03, 2020 (SPX)
It's an incredible time in human spaceflight! Often the dream to be an astronaut is the spark that inspires people across the globe to pursue doing what they lo...
China's lunar rover travels nearly 400 meters on moon's far side
Mar 03, 2020 (XNA)
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have ended their work for the 15th lunar day, and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night, according t...
Gemini Telescope Images Minimoon Orbiting Earth
Feb 28, 2020 (SPX)
The newly discovered orbiting object has been assigned the provisional designation 2020 CD3 by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. If it...
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