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All-female spacewalk duo set sights on Moon
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
As a child in elementary school, marine biologist Meir recalled drawing pictures of herself standing on the barren world orbiting our own. "So I think maybe I'l...
NASA wants international partners to go to Moon too
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
"I think there's lots of room on the Moon, and we need all our international partners to go with us to the Moon," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told report...
India's second Moon mission begins spectroscopic studies of lunar surface
Oct 18, 2019 (Sputnik)
The Rover has now started collecting data on the lunar surface and atmosphere. The Imaging Infrared Spectrometer (IIRS) onboard the lunar probe is designed to m...
Russia's ability to return to the Moon in near future in question
Oct 17, 2019 (Sputnik)
US-based science news outlet Ars Technica has questioned whether Russia has the capability to land robotic rovers on the Moon in the near future, pointing to a ...
Planned new rocket carries hope for China's manned lunar landing program
Oct 17, 2019 (XNA)
A pre-study for the carrier rocket, conducted by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) under the CASC, has passed a review by the China Manned S...
China's first astronaut expects stepping onto Moon
Oct 17, 2019 (XNA)
He made the remarks at the 16th anniversary of his flying into space aboard the Shenzhou-5 spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2003, according to the China Manned Space Agen...
The lunar cycle drives the nightjar's migration
Oct 16, 2019 (SPX)
Every year, billions of seasonal migrants connect continents by transporting nutrients, energy and pathogens between distant communities and ecosystems. If acce...
Orion suit equipped to expect the unexpected on Artemis missions
Oct 16, 2019 (SPX)
Many missions require two spacesuits - one worn outside a spacecraft during spacewalks that is designed as a self-contained personal spaceship, and another worn...
Spacebit aims to land first UK rover on the Moon
Oct 14, 2019 (SPX)
Spacebit will send the smallest robotic moon rover in the world, with legs and not wheels. This will be the very first time in history anything with legs will b...
Study suggests ice on lunar south pole may have more than one source
Oct 11, 2019 (SPX)
Ariel Deutsch, a graduate student in Brown University's Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences and the study's lead author, says that constra...
Artemis, meet ARTEMIS: Pursuing Sun Science at the Moon
Oct 08, 2019 (SPX)
The mission, now renamed THEMIS-ARTEMIS, uses spacecraft that were originally apart of the mission known as Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions d...
NASA seeks industry input on hardware production for lunar spacesuit
Oct 07, 2019 (SPX)
In a request for information (RFI) published on Oct.4 2019, NASA is seeking Industry feedback to help refine and mature the acquisition strategy for production ...
India's 2nd lunar mission orbiter detects charged particles on Moon
Oct 07, 2019 (Sputnik)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had launched the mission, Chandrayaan-2, on 7 September, but suffered a setback after the lander Vikram lost contact w...
ESA announces plans on first European manned mission to the moon
Oct 02, 2019 (Sputnik)
The ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, David Parker, told a space conference in Newport, Wales, earlier this week that a timeline for sending the fi...
NASA opens call for Artemis lunar landers
Oct 02, 2019 (SPX)
The final call to industry comes after NASA issued two drafts on July 19 and Aug. 30, encouraging companies to send comments to help shape a key component of th...
NASA Administrator explores potential Artemis collaborations with Japan
Sep 25, 2019 (SPX)
"We have committed to continuing the close dialogue that has been the hallmark of collaboration between our two agencies," Bridenstine said. "The Moon is the fi...
Magically exploring 'the Moon' from afar
Sep 25, 2019 (ESA)
Before people step onto unexplored planets and moons, they will orbit above them, remotely controlling rovers and robots on the surface to first explore these a...
Reconstructing the first successful lunar farside landing
Sep 25, 2019 (SPX)
Now, a research team, headed by LI Chunlai, corresponding author of this results and a professor of the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy o...
NASA Commits to Long-term Artemis Missions with Orion Production Contract
Sep 24, 2019 (SPX)
The agency has awarded the Orion Production and Operations Contract (OPOC) to Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colorado. Spacecraft production for the Orion progra...
Chinese researchers conduct in situ measurement of lunar dust at Chang'e-3 landing site
Sep 24, 2019 (XNA)
Using a temperature-controlled sticky quartz crystal microbalance onboard the Chang'e-3 lander, researchers from the Lanzhou Institute of Physics determined tha...
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