Paris, France (SPX) Oct 15, 2024 - The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially launched its Moonlight programme, aimed at creating a satellite constellation around the Moon to provide vital communications and navigation services.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2024 - NASA, in collaboration with several partners, has introduced the Lunar Autonomy Challenge, a competition for U.S. college and university students aimed at honing their software development skills in
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 11, 2024 - A new camera designed for the Moon has become a key tool for astronauts during ESA's latest PANGAEA geology training session in Lanzarote, Spain. Engineers, scientists, and astronauts tested the Han
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 10, 2024 - China has entered the critical phase of its manned lunar exploration program, aiming for a manned lunar landing by 2030. A significant challenge that researchers face in this endeavor is the managem
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 8, 2024 - Private industry in the United States will have an opportunity to provide NASA with designs for a lander and vehicle that will help supply future Artemis missions to the moon.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 - A new analysis from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission reveals that lunar ice deposits are more widespread than previously believed. These ice reserves could serve as critical resourc
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 - NASA's Gateway space station has achieved a key milestone in its development. The Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module successfully completed static load testing in Turin, Italy, moving it
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 4, 2024 - NASA announced the selection of 71 student teams that will build and launch amateur rockets and scientific payloads in a competition they hope will inspire the next generation of space explorers.
Erie PA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024 - Over six missions to the moon, from 1969 to 1972, Apollo astronauts collected more than 800 pounds of lunar rock and soil. Chemical and isotopic analysis of that material showed that it was similar
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024 - As NASA's Artemis missions approach, astronauts returning to the Moon will be equipped with a human-rated Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to enhance their exploration of the lunar surface. The unpressur
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024 - NASA has chosen Intuitive Machines of Houston and Aalyria Technologies Inc. of Livermore, California, to conduct capability studies aimed at advancing space communication and exploration technologie
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2024 - A team of researchers led by Professor Shuo Yao from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and her doctoral student Hongyi Wang has revealed that magnetized magma intrusions are the source of tw
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 03, 2024 - A new NASA competition, the LunaRecycle Challenge, is open and offering $3 million in prizes for innovations in recycling material waste on deep space missions. As NASA continues efforts towar
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 2, 2024 - When astronauts eventually traverse the moon's surface as part of the planned Artemis lunar missions, they'll have a prototype to thank.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 30, 2024 - A significant study published in 'Engineering' has revealed new insights into the behavior of lunar regolith particles when exposed to an external electric field. This discovery has potential implic
Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2024 - Europe has embarked on the mission to put humans back on the Moon with a new lunar simulator launched in Germany, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP.
