Washington DC (UPI) May 27, 2019 - Just weeks after he was assigned to lead NASA's renewed efforts to explore the moon, special assistant Mark Sirangelo has left the space agency, officials said. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenst
Washington (AFP) May 25, 2019 - As Earth grew ever smaller below his spacecraft, Apollo 10 commander Tom Stafford made an unusual request to mission control.
Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2019 - NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will make a significant announcement about the Artemis program's lunar exploration plans at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 23, at the Florida Institute of Technology. Th
Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2019 - In one of the first steps of the agency's Artemis lunar exploration plans, NASA announced on Thursday the selection of Maxar Technologies, formerly SSL, in Westminster, Colorado, to develop and demo
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2019 - NASA on Thursday unveiled the calendar for the Artemis program that will return astronauts to the Moon for the first time in half a century, including eight scheduled launches and a mini-station in lunar orbit by 2024.
Pittsburgh, PA (SPX) May 22, 2019 - Astrobotic has been selected by Toronto-based Canadensys Aerospace to fly a lunar science and technology payload that promotes Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) on Astrobotic's first
Honolulu HI (SPX) May 22, 2019 - For the first time, a cross-disciplinary study has shown chemical, physical, and material evidence for water formation on the Moon. Two teams from the University of Hawai?i at Manoa collaborated on
Washington (UPI) May 21, 2019 - Without the moon and water, life on Earth wouldn't be possible. New research out of Germany suggests both were delivered by Theia, which collided with Earth 4.4 billion years ago.
Washington DC (SPX) May 21, 2019 - The stark difference between the Moon's heavily-cratered farside and the lower-lying open basins of the Earth-facing nearside has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, new evidence about the Moon's c
Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2019 - NASA has selected 11 companies to conduct studies and produce prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration program. This effort will help put American astronauts - the first woman a
New Delhi (Sputnik) May 20, 2019 - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started to offer details about its most ambitious space mission to date, Chandrayaan 2, in bits and pieces, indicating that the agency is known for
Houston TX (SPX) May 20, 2019 - The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), managed by Universities Space Research Association (USRA), has a new online resource available for the Moon's south pole. Given NASA's recent direction to im
Beijing, China (SPX) May 17, 2019 - A lunar lander named for the Chinese goddess of the Moon may have lessened the mystery of the far side of the Moon. The fourth probe of Chang'E (CE-4) was the first mission to land on the far side o
Beijing (XNA) May 17, 2019 - China's Yutu-2, the first rover on the far side of the moon, has found materials from deep inside the moon that could help unravel the mystery of the lunar mantle composition and the formation and e
Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2019 - The photo above shows the landing site of the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft on a region of the Moon called Sea of Serenity, or Mare Serenitatis in Latin. On April 11, 2019, SpaceIL, a non-profi
Beijing, China (SPX) May 16, 2019 - A lunar lander named for the Chinese goddess of the moon may have lessened the mystery of the far side of the moon. The fourth probe of Chang'E (CE-4) was the first mission to land on the far side o
