Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2024 - NASA has decided to discontinue the VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project after a thorough internal review. The decision was made due to escalating costs, launch delays, an
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 17, 2024 - Astrobotic has advanced its efforts to create a lunar power grid by beginning a summer-long test campaign for its VSAT Optimized for Lunar Traverse (VOLT). The VOLT rover, designed to traverse the M
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 16, 2024 - A team of international scientists, led by the University of Trento, Italy, has made a major discovery about the Moon. For the first time, they have confirmed the existence of a tunnel in the lunar
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 15, 2024 - NASA is recognizing the 55th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing this month with a variety of events and engagements that started on Monday.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 15, 2024 - The Laboratory for Space Research at The University of Hong Kong (HKU-LSR) has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the International Lunar Observatory Association Hawai'i (ILOA) on May 16, 2024, ma
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 15, 2024 - New findings published Monday suggest a recently discovered cave on the moon could be a good place for future explorers to find shelter from outside elements in a possible base location, according to Italian researchers.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 11, 2024 - The Queqiao-2 relay satellite, equipped with three scientific instruments, is set to perform a range of scientific missions in orbit, building on its previous role in the Chang'e-6 mission. La
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2024 - An interplay of light and shadows cast the docking ports for Gateway, humanity's first space station around the Moon, into sharp relief. Constructed by NASA's commercial partner Northrop Grumm
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 11, 2024 - The Moon's recent discovery of resources like water ice has renewed interest in its potential as a sustainable hub for space exploration. NASA's Artemis mission, aiming for long-term human presence
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 08, 2024 - The current understanding of the Moon's interior reveals a central metallic core, a mantle rich in minerals like olivine and pyroxene, and an outer crust layer. This model has been developed through
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 08, 2024 - The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved the Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer (Lumio) mission, which will operate from an Earth-Moon Lagrange point to monitor meteoroid impacts on the lunar farsi
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 08, 2024 - Scholars have revisited the anchor points and historical construction of lunar crater chronology. Initially, the stratification of the Moon's near side relied on remote sensing data from ground-base
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 3, 2024 - NASA on Wednesday named Andre Douglas as a backup crewmember for its Artemis II test flight.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2024 - NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas recently performed four moonwalk simulations to help NASA prepare for its Artemis III mission. Due to launch in September 2026, Artemis III will land tw
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 02, 2024 - Lunar swirls are light-colored, sinuous features on the Moon's surface, bright enough to be visible from a backyard telescope. Some people think they look like the brushstrokes in an abstract painti
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 02, 2024 - In a study published in Nature Astronomy, Profs. SHEN Laiquan, BAI Haiyang, et al. from Prof. WANG Weihua's group at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have clarified the re
