Beijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2018 - A micro satellite, developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and sent into an orbit around the Moon, has started to transmit data back to Earth.
Beijing (XNA) Jun 15, 2018 - The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the Moon at the end of the year, has entered the planned orbit, the China National Space Administratio
Sendai, Japan (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 - A team of Japanese scientists led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University's Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, has discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorit
Madison WI (SPX) Jun 06, 2018 - For anyone who has ever wished there were more hours in the day, geoscientists have some good news: Days on Earth are getting longer. A new study that reconstructs the deep history of our plan
Washington (AFP) June 4, 2018 - SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday.
Beijing (XNA) May 28, 2018 - A Chinese relay satellite Friday braked near the Moon, completing a vital step before entering a desired orbit, according to the China National Space Administration. The satellite, Queqiao, br
Washington (AFP) May 26, 2018 - US astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth person to walk on the moon, has died, his family announced in a statement released by NASA. He was 86 years old.
Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2018 - As NASA shifts human exploration back to the Moon, U.S. commercial partnerships will be a key to expediting missions and building a sustainable presence on the lunar surface. The agency is orchestra
Moscow (Sputnik) May 24, 2018 - About 50 people from various countries have shown interest in an experiment simulating the flight to an orbital station near the Moon, a representative of the Institute of Medicobiological Problems
Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2018 - China launched on Monday a relay satellite that will allow a rover to communicate with the Earth from the far side of the Moon during an unprecedented mission later this year.
Dwingeloo, Netherlands (SPX) May 18, 2018 - On 21 May 2018, the Chinese space agency will launch the relay satellite Chang'e 4 to an orbit behind the Moon. On board will be a Dutch radio antenna, the Netherlands Chinese Low-Frequency Explorer
Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2018 - A group of Chinese volunteers has emerged from 110 days of isolation in a virtual lunar lab, state media reported Tuesday, as the country pursues its ambition to put people on the moon.
Bethesda, MD (SPX) May 08, 2018 - Last December, President Trump signed the first set of National Space Council recommendations under Space Policy Directive 1. Vice President Pence recently noted that, We will send American astrona
Moscow (Sputnik) May 07, 2018 - The first flight of a Russian cosmonaut to the moon could take place aboard of the US Orion spacecraft in 2024, a space industry source told Sputnik on Friday. Within the framework of talks,
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2018 - NASA is returning to the Moon with commercial and international partners as part of an overall agency Exploration Campaign in support of Space Policy Directive 1. It all starts with robotic missions
Moscow (Sputnik) May 02, 2018 - The Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway, which will be used for deep space exploration and research, is due to start operating by 2025, and NASA is preparing its first manufacture contracts. Philippe Sch
