Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 17, 2019 - Fifty years after a mighty rocket set off from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon, a veteran of the Apollo 11 crew returned to its fabled launch pad Tuesday to commemorate one giant leap that became a defining moment in human history.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2019 - Humans have not had much of an opportunity to work on the Moon. The 12 Apollo astronauts who got to explore its surface clocked in 80 hours in total of discovery time. From their brief encounters, a
Paris (ESA) Jul 17, 2019 - Dozens of very different commercial and institutional missions to the Moon are planned for the coming decades. These encompass everything from NASA's manned Lunar Gateway research station and
Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 17, 2019 - Late last week, NASA announced that senior officials in charge of the manned space mission portfolio had been reshuffled amid growing impatience from President Donald Trump to hasten the return huma
Washington (AFP) July 16, 2019 - Sue Finley began work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the US prepared to launch its first satellite into orbit in 1958, racing to match the Soviet Union, which had accomplished the feat months earlier.
Washington (UPI) Jul 15, 2019 - President Donald Trump has implored NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine to talk less about the moon and more about Mars. On the week of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, it's a tall task, but Bridenstine is trying.
Sriharikota, India (AFP) July 15, 2019 - India on Monday postponed the launch of a lunar probe less than an hour before blast-off because of a technical problem, delaying its bid to become only the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon.
Washington (AFP) July 14, 2019 - The first four days of Apollo 11's journey to the Moon had gone according to plan, but just twenty minutes before landing, the atmosphere grew tense as the crew encountered a series of problems.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 - India will try to become just the fourth country to make a soft landing on the moon, after its Chandrayaan 2 mission takes off Monday. India's space agency is making final preparations over th
Lincoln NB (The Conversation) Jul 13, 2019 - Most likely, this is the best-known picture of a flag ever taken: Buzz Aldrin standing next to the first U.S. flag planted on the Moon. For those who knew their world history, it also rang some alar
Westminster CO (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 - Maxar Technologies has signed a teaming agreement with Huntsville, Alabama-based Dynetics to support Maxar in building and demonstrating the power and propulsion element for the Gateway - an essenti
Melbourne, Australia (The Conversation) Jul 13, 2019 - The Moon has always served as an inspiration for humanity, and there are many potential benefits for further exploration of our planet's rocky satellite. But we need to establish guidelines to
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 - In May 1961, the fledgling U.S. space program had just 15 minutes of manned spaceflight. Yet the decision on the big goal had already been made: Before 1970, NASA would land a man on the Moon and br
Sriharikota, India (AFP) July 12, 2019 - India will step up the international space race on Monday when it launches a low-cost mission to become only the fourth country to land a probe on the moon.
Washington (AFP) July 12, 2019 - We've all been there: you're working on something important, your PC crashes, and you lose all your progress.
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2019 - Three rovers, six US flags, dozens of probes that either landed successfully or crashed, tools, cameras and trash: the Moon is dotted with hundreds of objects as a result of space exploration.
