Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 27, 2021 - Fifty years ago, Apollo 15 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, sending Commander David R. Scott, Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden, and Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin on the first of three
Washington (AFP) July 26, 2021 - Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a $2 billion discount to allow his company to build a Moon lander.
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jul 24, 2021 - A miniature device that scans deep below ground is being developed to identify ice deposits and hollow lava tubes on the Moon for possible human settlement. The prototype device, known as MAPr
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 22, 2021 - Arizona State University is partnering with Intuitive Machines on a mini extreme mobility lunar vehicle, called Micro-Nova, that will hop around the moon's surface and take the first-ever pictures i
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 22, 2021 - The ASU-led team that built NASA's Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or LunaH-Map for short, has safely delivered their spacecraft to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for a launch
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 22, 2021 - NASA initiated collaboration with industry in the agency's first formal step in establishing regular crewed transportation to the lunar surface as a part of Artemis. In a request for information (RF
San Antonio TX (SPX) Jul 20, 2021 - NASA has funded Southwest Research Institute's Environmental Analysis of the Bounded Lunar Exosphere (ENABLE) project, which aims to return mass spectrometry to the lunar surface. The three-year, $2
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2021 - As U.S. operations in space steadily move further away from Earth orbit, the rapidly growing 'New Space' company Rhea Space Activity (RSA) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the Uni
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 19, 2021 - NASA is delaying a major moon mission as it continues testing the spacecraft that will deliver a rover to the lunar surface in search of water, ice and other potential resources, the agency announced Tuesday.
Titusville FL (SPX) Jul 16, 2021 - Lockheed Martin has opened its Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource (STAR) Center. The STAR Center features business and digital transformation innovations that will expand manufacturing, assembly
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 16, 2021 - As any seasoned road-tripper knows, to get the most out of an adventure, a good map helps. It's no different for NASA's first lunar robotic rover planned for delivery to the Moon in late 2023 to sea
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2021 - LaserCube, Stellar Project's frst optical communication terminal for small satellites, has been launched into space onboard D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier in SpaceX's Falcon 9 Transporter-2 mission
Beijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2021 - China on Monday delivered about 17 grams of lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 probe to 13 institutions, which had applied for research programs to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program C
Beijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2021 - The China National Space Administration distributed the first batch of lunar samples from the Chang'e 5 robotic mission to scientists on Monday. The samples, weighing about 17.5 grams, were di
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 - A Moon-scanning method that can automatically classify important lunar features from telescope images could significantly improve the efficiency of selecting sites for exploration. There is mo
Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 - China announced Friday that the Chang'e-4 mission, which realized the first-ever soft-landing on the far side of the moon, was a complete success. With the assistance of the relay satellite Qu
