Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 05, 2022 - In the early morning of November 24, 2020, the Chang'E 5 lunar probe was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center and successfully executed a 23-day journey of lunar sample return (LSR) missio
Beijing (XNA) Jan 04, 2022 - China has approved the fourth phase of its lunar exploration program, including a basic model of a research station built on the moon over the coming decade, according to the China National Space Ad
Beijing (XNA) Dec 30, 2021 - A Chinese research team has found that a meteorite hit the moon about one million years ago through data sent by the Chang'e-4 probe, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The im
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 28, 2021 - When NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, explores and samples the soils at the Moon's South Pole, scientists anticipate it will reveal answers to some of the Moon's end
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 27, 2021 - Aerospace engineers at MIT are testing a new concept for a hovering rover that levitates by harnessing the moon's natural charge. Because they lack an atmosphere, the moon and other airless bo
Paris (ESA) Dec 20, 2021 - A pretty special gift unwrapping will soon take place - a piercing tool built by ESA will open a Moon soil container from Apollo 17 that has gone untouched for nearly 50 years. The opening will allo
Beijing (XNA) Dec 20, 2021 - China is making preparations for a moon landing that will place its astronauts on the lunar surface, according to a senior official at the China Manned Space Agency. Dong Nengli, head of the a
Tallinn, Estonia (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 - Katriin Kristmann, a doctoral student in chemical and materials science at TalTech (Tallinn University of Technology), began research aimed at developing technology for the production of monograin l
Austin TX (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 - CesiumAstro, Inc., with support from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is accelerating radio frequency (RF) active phased array antenna development enabling dual function com
Luxembourg (ESA) Dec 17, 2021 - Driving and walking rovers competed to survey a shadowy analogue of the south polar lunar surface for useable resources during the inaugural ESA-ESRIC Space Resources Challenge. Some 13 teams from a
Manoa HI (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 - Sophisticated analysis of a rock sample taken from the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission revealed new information about the complex cooling and evolutionary history of the Moon. The findings, from U
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 - The moon may be a mostly uniform expanse of gray, but if you look closely, you can still find a few nooks and crannies in its surface, from deep trenches to pits and maybe even caves. Now, res
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 13, 2021 - Nigeria and Rwanda became the first and second African countries to sign NASA's Artemis Accord Tuesday.
Beijing (Sputnik) Dec 10, 2021 - As China's Yutu-2 lunar rover set off to investigate a peculiar shape dubbed the moon cube, which the craft spotted earlier this month, the rover will take its time travelling to it. Accordi
Paris (ESA) Dec 09, 2021 - Mirror, mirror, on the Moon, how far away are you? MoonLIGHT or Moon Laser Instrumentation for General relativity/geophysics High-accuracy Tests is seeking the answer to this and more question
Beijing (XNA) Dec 08, 2021 - The cube-like object spotted recently by China's lunar rover on the far side of the moon aroused wild curiosity in cyberspace worldwide this week. Yutu 2, the lander and rover of the Chang'e 4
