Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 - NASA on Monday earmarked almost $3 billion to Lockheed Martin to build three Orion capsules, to allow US astronauts to return to the moon by 2024.
September 24, 2019 - Newport UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2019 Spacebit proudly announces at The UK Space Conference 2019 their signing of a joint agreement with Astrobotic to begin commercial and scientific lunar exploration with
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 - NASA is setting in motion the Orion spacecraft production line to support as many as 12 Artemis missions, including the mission that will carry the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024.
Lanzhou, China (XNA) Sep 24, 2019 - Chinese researchers have successfully conducted an in situ measurement of lunar dust at the landing site of the country's Chang'e-3 probe. Using a temperature-controlled sticky quartz crystal
Cleveland OH (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 - The recently completed Orion spacecraft for Artemis I will head to Ohio for the final stretch of major testing before integration with the Space Launch System rocket for launch. Slated to begi
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 - Future moon missions are at risk because of lunar soil. It seems harmless, but moon dust can actually damage scientific equipment and be harmful to human health: It is like a sticky powder made from
Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 20, 2019 - Yutu-2, the lunar rover for China's Chang'e-4 mission, grabbed attention last month after its drive team spotted some unusual gel-like material while roving close to a small crater. The Chin
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 20, 2019 - When American astronauts set foot on the Moon's surface in 2024, men and women across Kentucky can say they helped to make it possible. NASA recognized three Kentucky businesses - Parker Hanni
Washington (Sputnik) Sep 19, 2019 - NASA's push to return humans to the Moon by 2024 is threatened by a failure to account for schedule delays and cost overruns, the General Accountability Office said in a report on Wednesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 - NASA has awarded a $13.7 million contract to Advanced Space of Boulder, Colorado, to develop and operate a CubeSat mission to the same lunar orbit targeted for Gateway - an orbiting outpost astronau
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 - Space agencies must invest more resources on field geology training of astronauts to take full advantage of scientific opportunities on the Moon and other planetary bodies, Kip Hodges and Harrison S
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 10, 2019 - Indian space scientists were desperately trying Tuesday to establish communication with their broken Moon lander, having located the probe that went silent moments before it was due to make a historic soft landing.
Beijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2019 - China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 284.66 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration on the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe
New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 10, 2019 - Despite the recent failure of its Chandrayaan-2 mission, the Indian space agency is set to make another attempt at the moon, this time in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 - A new NASA out-of-this-world animation allows humanity to experience their closest galactic neighbor as never before through an online CGI Moon kit. Smartphones have allowed millions to beco
Bangalore, India (AFP) Sept 7, 2019 - India's space programme suffered a huge setback Saturday after losing contact with an unmanned spacecraft moments before it was due to make a historic soft landing on the Moon.
