Beijing (XNA) Feb 07, 2023 - Yutu 2, China's operating lunar rover, ignites people's fantasies of the moon on a special day, the Lantern Festival of the Year of the Rabbit. The festival this year falls on Sunday, the 15th
Beijing (XNA) Feb 07, 2023 - China will push forward its phase-4 lunar exploration program this year, including a planned mission to bring 2 kilograms of samples from the far side of the moon back to Earth, Wu Weiren, chief des
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 - With temperatures on the moon ranging from minus 410 to a scorching 250 degrees Fahrenheit, it's an understatement to say that humans will need habitats with heat and air conditioning to survive the
Paris (ESA) Feb 03, 2023 - ESA's geology training course PANGAEA has come of age with the publication of a paper that describes the quest for designing the best possible geology training for the next astronauts to walk on the
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 - NASA continues to evaluate data and learn more about the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's debut performance during the agency's Nov. 16 Artemis I launch. Following an initial data assessment and r
Beijing (XNA) Jan 25, 2023 - The China National Space Administration on Saturday released a group of new photos from the country's lunar rover Yutu 2, together with its good wishes for all Chinese people, ahead of the Chinese N
Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 21, 2023 - Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to set foot on the Moon, said he had married his longtime girlfriend on Friday, his 93rd birthday.
Wuhan, China (AFP) Jan 21, 2023 - Three years after a once-mysterious virus plunged the Chinese city of Wuhan into a terrifying lockdown, residents are celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit with fireworks, flowers and offerings to the loved ones they have lost to Covid-19.
Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2023 - More than 50 research results on the lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 mission have been published in notable academic journals at home and abroad, pushing China's lunar science research t
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jan 19, 2023 - Super-thin chips made from lithium niobate are set to overtake silicon chips in light-based technologies, according to world-leading scientists in the field, with potential applications ranging from
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2023 - New 3D images of the moon - from Tycho Crater to Hadley Rille - reveal never-seen-before details of the lunar surface. The remarkable new images of the moon's surface provide not only new details ab
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 15, 2023 - Humans have always been drawn to explore, discover, and learn as much as we can about the world-and worlds-around us. This isn't always easy, but it's in our nature. For the benefit of all humanity,
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 13, 2023 - NASA's Lunar Flashlight mission successfully launched on Dec. 11, 2022, to begin its four-month journey to the Moon, where the small satellite, or SmallSat, will test several new technologies with a
Guangzhou, China (SPX) Jan 10, 2023 - The Moon has been considered extremely reductive since the Apollo era, as estimated by the low ferric iron content in lunar samples returned in the 1970s. In addition, it has long been a mystery whe
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) reports that it is under contract to Advanced Space LLC to build an ESPA-Grande class satellite, perform payload integration, and space vehicle test
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 03, 2023 - ispace reports that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander has successfully carried out its second orbital control maneuver in accordance with its mission operations plan. The maneuver was carrie
