Beijing (XNA) Dec 09, 2020 - The ascender of China's Chang'e 5 probe departed from the lunar orbit under ground commands at 6:59 am and landed on the moon at 7:30 am Tuesday (Beijing Time), sources with the China National Space
Troy NY (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 - In order for future lunar exploration missions to be successful and land more precisely, engineers must equip spacecraft with technologies that allow them to see where they are and travel to where
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 - NASA has identified the agency's science priorities for the Artemis III mission, which will launch the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024. The priorities and a candidate set of activities
Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 9, 2020 - Israel launched Wednesday the Beresheet 2 project aimed at landing an unmanned craft on the moon in 2024, after a previous such mission had crashed into the lunar surface.
Durham UK (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 - Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have formed out of a giant collision between the early Earth and another massive object 4.5 billion years ago. Scientists
Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2020 - The US space agency NASA published a voluminous report on Monday outlining the scientific priorities for the Artemis III astronauts it intends to send to the Moon in 2024.
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 6, 2020 - A Chinese probe carrying samples from the lunar surface successfully docked Sunday with a spacecraft orbiting the moon, in another space first for the nation, state media reported.
Beijing (XNA) Dec 06, 2020 - Two flying sections of China's Chang'e 5 robotic mission completed a rendezvous and docked with each other early on Sunday before transferring lunar samples collected in the mission. The rende
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 04, 2020 - China's Chang'e-5 lander departed the moon after spending two days on the surface, leaving behind its first official flag.
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 03, 2020 - Four companies will collect moon rocks and dust on the lunar surface for NASA by 2023 in preparation for a human mission the following year, the space agency announced Thursday.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 03, 2020 - If you opened up a robot vacuum, a self-driving car, or even one of NASA's Mars rovers (which we're definitely not recommending you do!) you'd find a bunch of processors programmed with software tha
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 03, 2020 - A small-satellite mission to understand the lunar water cycle - detecting and mapping water on the lunar surface in order to investigate how its form, abundance, and location relate to geology - has
Beijing (AFP) Dec 3, 2020 - A Chinese space probe left the surface of the Moon Thursday to return to Earth, an ambitious effort to bring back the world's first lunar samples in four decades.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 3, 2020 - A Chinese space probe sent to gather material from a previously unexplored part of the moon has completed its mission and is preparing to send back the world's first lunar samples in four decades, Beijing said Thursday.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 2, 2020 - A Chinese space probe on Wednesday began drilling on the surface of the Moon hours after landing, in an ambitious attempt to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 2, 2020 - A Chinese space probe on Wednesday began drilling on the surface of the Moon hours after landing, in an ambitious attempt to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades.
