Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Aug 23, 2021 - Tiny iron nanoparticles unlike any found naturally on Earth are nearly everywhere on the Moon-and scientists are trying to understand why. A new study led by Northern Arizona University doctoral can
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 20, 2021 - The full Moon of Sunday, August 22nd, will be a Blue Moon according to the original - but not the most popular - definition of the phrase. In modern usage, Blue Moon has come to refer to t
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 19, 2021 - As NASA prepares to go to the Moon with the Artemis program, in-situ resource utilization is paramount, and there is no hotter commodity than water. To that effect, 13 teams from across the United S
Jacksonville FL (SPX) Aug 19, 2021 - Redwire, a leader in mission critical space solutions and high reliability components for the next generation space economy, has been awarded a subcontract from Firefly Aerospace to provide avionics
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 18, 2021 - To safely reach the Moon, a lunar lander must fire its rocket engines to decelerate the spacecraft for a soft touchdown. During this process, the engine exhaust stirs up regolith - the dust and rock
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 16, 2021 - Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, has sued the U.S. government in federal court to overturn NASA's decision awarding SpaceX a contract for a lunar lander - an action likely to further delay a U.S. return to the moon.
Washington (AFP) Aug 16, 2021 - Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is suing the US government over its decision to award a massive Moon exploration contract to its competitor SpaceX, it said in a statement Monday.
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 16, 2021 - NASA began rolling out its Space Launch System rocket to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday night, ahead of its premiere flight later this month.
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2021 - A new study of six moon rocks has discovered proof that the moon includes chemical elements from Earth's interior - a finding that supports the theory that the moon was created when something smashed into Earth.
Westminster CO (SPX) Aug 10, 2021 - Advanced Space LLC., a leading commercial space solutions company, is overseeing the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, a NASA-suppo
Rochester NY (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 - In 2024, a new age of space exploration will begin when NASA sends astronauts to the moon as part of their Artemis mission, a follow-up to the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Some of t
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 - Small spacecraft will play a big role in lunar exploration, including a Moon-bound CubeSat launching later this year. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2021 - Shortly after it formed, the Moon was covered in a global ocean of molten rock (magma). As the magma ocean cooled and solidified, dense minerals sank to form the mantle layer, while less-dense miner
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 3, 2021 - Sounding like an excited new parent, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson declared during a press briefing Wednesday that the agency's Artemis mission is ready to take its first physical steps to return to the moon and sometime later head to Mars.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2021 - The shadows cast by the roughness of the Moon's surface create small cold spots for water ice to accumulate even during the harsh lunar daytime. Scientists are confident that water ice can be
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 30, 2021 - A U.S. government watchdog denied protests Friday of NASA's nearly $3 billion contract award to Elon Musk's SpaceX to build a lunar lander for astronaut missions.
