San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 - Southwest Research Institute scientists joined a team that reanalyzed and modeled data from a planned lunar impact more than a decade ago. The findings suggest that volatiles present in a crater nea
New Delhi (IANS) Feb 04, 2022 - The Department of Space has planned as many as 19 missions this year even as the Chandrayaan-3, the next phase of India's mission to the moon, is scheduled for August 2022, the government told the L
Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2022 - The first mission in NASA's program to take humans back to the Moon has been delayed until spring at the earliest, the US space agency said Wednesday, saying it needed more time to complete safety checks.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 - NASA's HERMES mission - a four-instrument suite to be mounted outside NASA's Moon-orbiting Gateway - has passed a critical mission review on Jan. 27, 2022. The review, Key Decision Point C, ev
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 - In becoming the first country to sign the Artemis Accords in 2022, Israel affirmed its commitment to a common set of principles to guide cooperation among nations participating in 21st century space
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 - The test version of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, kicks up high sinkage sand-like material while transiting NASA Glenn's Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory, or
Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 - Warpspace Co., Ltd., a spin-out space startup from the University of Tsukuba, an optical inter-satellite communication service provider, announced that it has been selected to conduct a study on spa
Beijing (XNA) Jan 21, 2022 - Chinese scientists published the country's lunar rover travelogue of its first two years of service that depicted the unique and untrodden moonscape on the moon's far side, revealing its notable dif
Cambridge UK (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 - Scientists have shown how the freezing of a 'slushy' ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon's crust. The scientists, from the University of Cambridge and the Ecole n
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 - MDA Ltd. has announced a contract with an undisclosed US-based space company for a key landing sensor for a 2023 mission to the Moon. This award was made as part of the company's project involving N
Providence RI (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 - Rocks returned to Earth during NASA's Apollo program from 1968 to 1972 have provided volumes of information about the Moon's history, but they've also been the source of an enduring mystery. Analysi
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 - New research from LSU and the University of Florida suggests that more shark attacks occur during fuller phases of the moon. While the exact cause remains unclear, the researchers found that more sh
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 12, 2022 - by Tracy McMahan for MSFC News As teams continue to prepare NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for its debut flight with the launch of Artemis I, NASA and its partners across the country have
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 12, 2022 - A joint research team led by Profs. LIN Yangting and LIN Honglei from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) observed water signals in reflectance spectr
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 12, 2022 - Airbus Crisa, an affiliate company of Airbus, has signed a contract for the development of the Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) with No
Beijing (XNA) Jan 10, 2022 - China's Yutu 2 lunar rover has traveled more than 1 kilometer on the moon and is still working well, according to the China National Space Administration. The administration said on Saturday t
