Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2016 - The project to create a nuclear-power transport module, intended to fly to the moon and Mars, will receive 3.81 billion rubles ($60 million) in funding in 2016-2018, according to the public procurem
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 24, 2016 - Russian engineers are working on a project of a Moon base that will eventually hold up to 12 people, the spokeswoman of a research institute with the Russian space agency Roscosmos told local media.
Washington (AFP) June 6, 2016 - The US government, in a first, is preparing to approve a private commercial space mission beyond the Earth's orbit, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 06, 2016 - Before humans could take their first steps on the moon, that mysterious and forbidding surface had to be reconnoitered by robots. When President John Kennedy set a goal of landing astronauts on the
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 03, 2016 - Airbus Defence and Space and the European Space Agency (ESA), have signed a contract for the early development of a system that will ensure the safe and precise landing of the Russian Luna-Resource
Paris (AFP) May 31, 2016 - After the Apollo missions scooped up rocks from the Moon's surface and brought them home, scientists were convinced for decades that they had proof our nearest celestial neighbour was drier than a bone.
Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2016 - Russia's state company Energia has developed a project of reusable manned Ryvok spacecraft for delivery of cargo and cosmonauts to the Moon, the company's representative Yuri Makushenko said Wednesd
San Antonio TX (SPX) May 24, 2016 - A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters - one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years old - in the Moon's darkest regions.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 05, 2016 - A powerful combination of observations and computer simulations is giving new clues to how the moon got its mysterious tattoos - swirling patterns of light and dark found at over a hundred locatio
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2016 - A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket has been installed at Russia's new Vostochny Cosmodrome's launch site ahead of its first space launch, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Saturday in a statemen
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 22, 2016 - The deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency said that Russia and the United States discussed the possibility of increasing the efficiency of cooperation at ISS. Russia and the United S
Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2016 - A dying star ends its life in a cataclysmic explosion, shooting the majority of the star's material, primarily new chemical elements created during the explosion, out into space. One or more such su
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 15, 2016 - Russia will stop using the Soviet-era Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for lunar launches, according to Russian-based Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC Energia). Moscow made the decision to s
The Woodlands TX (Sputnik) Apr 08, 2016 - Scientists have found evidence that the Moon's underground could have long tunnels of volcanic origin, which could potentially be repurposed to house human colonies. These channels (also called lav
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 01, 2016 - The Earth's magnetic field permanently protects us from the charged particles and radiation that originate in the Sun. This shield is produced by the geodynamo, the rapid motion of huge quantities o
Washington DC (Sputnik) Mar 30, 2016 - A human colony of astronauts could be living on the Moon by 2022, thanks to modern technology making missions cheaper, according to NASA scientists. The Apollo program that lead to the first h
