Washington DC (UPI) Aug 17, 2024 - Sky gazers across the United States and the rest of the world have a treat in store next week when a rare Supermoon Blue Moon will come into view, one of four on tap in the coming months.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2024 - Lunar Outpost has announced that Castrol will be the lead collaborator for its Mission Control Center during the upcoming Lunar Voyage 1 mission, set to launch later this year. This Mission Control
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2024 - 3D geospatial company Cesium has introduced Cesium Moon Terrain, a detailed and easily accessible 3D dataset of the moon. Developed to aid NASA's Artemis mission and other space agencies world
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 15, 2024 - A stunning image recently released by the China National Space Administration has captivated audiences, showing the desolate landscape of the far side of the moon. The photograph, taken after China'
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2024 - As part of its commitment to advancing lunar exploration, NASA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to identify potential interest from American companies and institutions in deploying the VIP
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2024 - NASA is calling on teams from colleges, universities, and technical schools nationwide to showcase their engineering talents in the 2025 Lunabotics Challenge. Applications for the competition open a
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2024 - Astrobotic has been chosen by NASA for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award worth about $150k to create an Extra Large Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT-XL) for the Moon. The VSAT-X
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 05, 2024 - While the moon lacks any breathable air, it does host a barely-there atmosphere. Since the 1980s, astronomers have observed a very thin layer of atoms bouncing over the moon's surface. This delicate
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 02, 2024 - A recent study published in National Science Review has identified the presence of naturally formed few-layer graphene in a lunar soil sample. This remarkable finding comes from a team of researcher
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2024 - An international team of scientists has proposed a novel solution to safeguard the planet's biodiversity amid the growing extinction crisis: a biorepository on the Moon. Detailed in the journal BioS
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2024 - Engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center have initiated electric field testing on communications hardware designed for the Gateway, the pioneering space station set to orbit the Moon. Gateway
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 30, 2024 - A rare lunar soil sample from China's Chang'e-5 mission drew large crowds in Bangkok. In collaboration with the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) and the China Natio
London, UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2024 - Ten teams of engineers and scientists have been chosen as finalists in the Aqualunar Challenge, aimed at developing technologies to provide sustainable water supplies for a permanent Moon base.
Shanghai (AFP) July 23, 2024 - A Chinese lunar probe found traces of water in samples of the Moon's soil, scientists have said, as the country pushes its ambitious space programme into high gear.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 20, 2024 - Amid a full moon from San Diego to Houston to Florida to Washington, D.C., activities on Saturday will mark the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing and men to walk on the moon.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2024 - An international team of scientists has uncovered new evidence of caves beneath the Moon's surface using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The re-analysis of radar data from
