Houston TX (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 - Have you ever felt off-balance after being on amusement rides or gotten motion sickness on a boat? Astronauts feel something similar that can be more intense when they return to Earth from space.
Providence RI (SPX) Apr 08, 2022 - The face that the Moon shows to Earth looks far different from the one it hides on its far side. The nearside is dominated by the lunar mare - the vast, dark-colored remnants of ancient lava flows.
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Apr 08, 2022 - How will astronauts land safely on the Moon in the future? A seamless interaction between pilot and spacecraft is crucial to ensuring a successful Moon landing. Together with partners from industry
Paris (ESA) Apr 08, 2022 - Side-lit by the Sun, its heavily cratered surface mired in shadow, the south pole of the Moon represents a highly challenging lunar landing target. Italian ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori took to an a
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 08, 2022 - NASA has chosen two students as winners of the Lunabotics Junior Contest, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the agency's Artemis missions. Contestants were charged with designing a
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 - MDA Ltd has announced that it is working with Lockheed Martin and General Motors to integrate MDA's commercial robotic arm technology on their planned human-rated lunar mobility vehicles. The
Paris (ESA) Mar 30, 2022 - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is launching two pioneering scientific spacecraft this year, one to study the Sun, and one to land on the Moon - the nation's first soft landing on anot
Paris (ESA) Mar 30, 2022 - ESA is going to the Moon - in collaboration with its international partners - and seeks to build a lasting lunar link to enable sustainable space exploration. The agency has now evaluated init
Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2022 - The poles of the Moon have emerged as enticing goals for future exploration, given their potential for harbouring water and other volatiles. So ESA and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre
New York (AFP) March 29, 2022 - American pop artist Jeff Koons is to send sculptures to the Moon later this year on a spacecraft blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, his gallery said Tuesday.
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 - The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate is seeking partners to design and inform the capabilities of the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS) satellite, to provide spa
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 - As NASA makes strides to return humans to the lunar surface under Artemis, the agency announced plans Wednesday to create additional opportunities for commercial companies to develop an astronaut Mo
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 - Bright and dark swirling patterns on the Moon's surface have been linked to the topography of the swirls, says a new paper by a team of scientists from the Planetary Science Institute. This i
Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2022 - Lunar caves are not only a geologically pristine record of the Moon's history, but they could also provide a safe home for future human explorers. Building upon ESA Discovery's OSIP call and SysNova
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2022 - The Apollo missions to the Moon brought a total of 2,196 rock samples to Earth. But NASA has only just started opening one of the last ones, collected 50 years ago.
Paris (ESA) Mar 10, 2022 - Following a competition, ESA has selected the industrial team that will design and build the first experimental payload to extract oxygen from the surface of the Moon. The winning consortium, led by
