Merritt Island FL (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 - Sidus Space has introduced LunarLizzie, its most advanced 800kg-class spacecraft engineered specifically for lunar and cislunar missions. Equipped with onboard AI, LiDAR, and hyperspectral imaging,
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 - Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to carry out the preliminary design and technology development for the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module, set to bec
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2025 - Senegal has become the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration, NASA announced Friday.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 - The surface of the Moon is constantly exposed to the solar wind-a stream of charged particles from the Sun that can dislodge atoms from the lunar surface and contribute to its thin exosphere. Howeve
Gainesville FL (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 - New research on the rocks collected by China's Chang'e 5 mission is rewriting our understanding of how the moon cooled. Stephen Elardo, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Geological Sciences with the
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 - When ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) performed a lunar flyby in August 2024, its Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) captured its first radargram by listening to radio echoes bouncing off
Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 - Lunar dust is more than a mild irritant or hallmark of an untidy room like dust found on Earth. Lunar dust particles are sharp and abrasive due to the lack of atmosphere gradually dulling thei
Castel Gandolfo, Italy (AFP) July 20, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called astronaut Buzz Aldrin and visited the Vatican's astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo to mark the 56th anniversary of man's first moon landing.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 - NASA has chosen three scientific instruments to support Artemis lunar exploration, assigning two for use on the upcoming Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) and reserving one for a future Moon-orbiting miss
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 - The Moon's near and far sides differ dramatically in terrain, crust, and volcanic history-a mystery that has long perplexed scientists. This disparity is now better understood thanks to China's Chan
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 - Rocks from the Moon's near side hold unexpectedly high levels of chlorine, offering fresh insights into the processes that shaped the lunar crust. An international team led by the University of Muns
London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2025 - Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the 'Cosmic Dawn' by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an ancient whisper on the far side of the Moon. The proposed mission will stud
London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2025 - A meteorite discovered in Africa in 2023 has been dated to 2.35 billion years old, making it the youngest known basaltic lunar meteorite and filling a nearly billion-year void in the Moon's volcanic
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2025 - Commissioning of the bus, or the main structure of the satellite, has now been completed for NASA's Arcstone lunar calibration instrument. Arcstone will now continue to go through commissionin
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025 - A pioneering 3D printing technology developed by Chinese researchers is enabling the creation of lunar structures using only soil collected directly from the Moon, eliminating the need to transport
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2025 - Firefly Aerospace has unveiled a new lunar imaging service called Ocula, set to debut as early as 2026 aboard its Elytra spacecraft. Enabled by high-resolution ultraviolet and visible spectrum teles
