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China's plans to solve the mysteries of the moon

Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)

China, in collaboration with several countries, is now at the forefront of lunar exploration. In an article published on July 18 in Science, researchers laid ou...

Angelic halo orbit chosen for humankind's first lunar outpost

Jul 22, 2019 (ESA)

Like the International Space Station, the Gateway will be a permanent and changeable human outpost. Instead of circling our planet however, it will orbit the Mo...

Building a toolkit for the Moon

Jul 22, 2019 (ESA)

The crew of Apollo 11 were the first to bring Moon samples back to Earth. The 50 lunar rocks from that mission continue to aid scientists' understanding of the ...

First sail on the Moon

Jul 22, 2019 (ESA)

Manufactured by the University of Bern and the Swiss National Science Foundation, this experiment was both simple and of great scientific value. It was one of t...

India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon

Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)

Chandrayaan-2 -- or Moon Chariot 2 -- took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh st...

India launches spacecraft on Moon-landing mission

Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)

Chandrayaan-2 -- or Moon Chariot 2 -- took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh st...

Lockheed Martin Completes NASA's Orion Spacecraft Capsule For Artemis 1 Mission To The Moon

Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)

Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement at a ceremony in front of the Orion spacecraft in the aptly-named Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Buildin...

Powering the future with lunar soil

Jul 22, 2019 (ESA)

Humans would have little difficulty reaching the Moon's surface with today's technology, but it is expensive - sometimes even impossible - to take all the mater...

Three original NASA moon-walk videos auctioned off for $1.82M

Jul 21, 2019 (UPI)

NASA intern Gary George paid $217.77 for those three tapes and other NASA footage at a government surplus auction in 1976, Sotheby's house said in a news releas...

'Stronger than ever': India set for fresh Moon launch attempt

Jul 21, 2019 (AFP)

The South Asian nation is bidding to become just the fourth nation -- after Russia, the United States and China -- to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The misson ...

One giant leap: 50 years ago, humanity's first steps on the Moon

Jul 21, 2019 (AFP)

The era-defining event was watched by more than half a billion people around the world, and represented one of humanity's greatest achievements. In the US, its ...

50 years ago, humanity's first steps on another world

Jul 20, 2019 (AFP)

Their lunar module, named "Eagle," touched down at 2018 GMT (4:18pm ET) on July 20, 1969. A little over six hours later, at 0256 GMT, Armstrong placed his left ...

Man's first steps on the Moon, reported live by AFP

Jul 19, 2019 (AFP)

AFP despatched several journalists to cover the exploit, which was broadcast live from the Moon's Sea of Tranquility to NASA's Johnson Space Center and on to te...

Third European service module for Orion to ferry astronauts on Moon landing

Jul 18, 2019 (ESA)

The Artemis-3 mission is slated to launch on NASA's Space Launch System in 2024 and will send up to four astronauts on-board Orion to a lunar orbit where the sp...

Buzz Aldrin has landed -- for the Apollo 11 anniversary

Jul 18, 2019 (AFP)

Public appearances by the former astronaut, now 89, are rare. On Tuesday, he left his former Apollo 11 crewmate Michael Collins in the lurch. Aldrin declined to...

ESA identifies demand for satellites around the Moon

Jul 17, 2019 (ESA)

These encompass everything from NASA's manned Lunar Gateway research station and cubesats from start-ups and universities to commercial landers carrying rovers....

'One giant leap': US marks Apollo mission 50 years on

Jul 17, 2019 (AFP)

"We crew felt the weight of the world on our shoulders, we knew that everyone would be looking at us, friend or foe," command module pilot Michael Collins said ...

NASA Chief Explains Why America Hasn't Been Back to the Moon Since the 70s

Jul 17, 2019 (Sputnik)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has explained why the US suspended its manned lunar program over 40 years ago and what it will take for the US manned space p...

Humanity needs bold new space mission, Apollo legends agree

Jul 17, 2019 (UPI)

Speaking at a Cocoa Beach hotel a few miles south of Kennedy Space Center, the group praised the leadership of the Apollo era, particularly President John F. Ke...

A Few Things Artemis Will Teach Us About Living and Working on the Moon

Jul 17, 2019 (SPX)

Now, for the first time in half a century, NASA's Artemis missions will allow scientists and engineers to examine the surface from up close. This will teach us ...