Paris (ESA) Nov 30, 2020 - British engineers are fine-tuning a process that will be used to extract oxygen from lunar dust, leaving behind metal powders that could be 3D printed into construction materials for a Moon base.
Beijing (XNA) Nov 29, 2020 - China's Chang'e 5 robotic lunar probe carried out a braking maneuver on Saturday evening and then successfully entered a lunar orbit, according to the China National Space Administration. The
Haikou, China (XNA) Nov 27, 2020 - China plans to build a prototype for a lunar scientific research station in the fourth phase of the country's lunar exploration program, said Wu Weiren, chief designer of the program. The prot
Beijing (XNA) Nov 25, 2020 - China's Yutu 2 rover has been operating on the lunar surface for 692 Earth days, cementing its status as the second-longest-working rover on the moon, the China National Space Administration said.
Beijing (XNA) Nov 25, 2020 - Space experts and educators from around the world are closely following the Chang'e 5 mission and are optimistic it can achieve its targets. Professor Martin Sweeting, a fellow of the Royal Society
Beijing (XNA) Nov 24, 2020 - Back in 1970, the year China launched its first satellite into space, some Chinese scientists suggested that the government should open the country's lunar exploration program. However, their
Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Nov 24, 2020 - Astronomers using data collected with the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) have helped to characterize only the second known minimoon of Earth, a newly discovered asteroid with the designation 2020
Beijing (AFP) Nov 24, 2020 - A rocket heading for the moon to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades blasted off from China on Tuesday in the latest milestone for Beijing's spacefaring ambitions.
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 24, 2020 - An international team of scientists led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian, has identified a problem with the growing interest in extractable resources on the moon: there aren'
Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 22, 2020 - Although the Apollo lunar flights ended in 1972, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has remained greatly invested in returning astronauts to the moon by 2024. The last time
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 20, 2020 - One of the first things people want to know before taking a trip is what the weather will be like wherever they are headed. For Artemis astronauts traveling on missions to the Moon, two space weathe
Dulles VA (SPX) Nov 19, 2020 - Northrop Grumman has completed its initial preliminary design review (PDR) event for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO). The module will serve as living quarters for astronauts at the Gatew
Paris (ESA) Nov 18, 2020 - Since time immemorial, people have gazed in wonder at the Moon. Its gentle light suggests romance, its strong embrace powers the tides and it is even sometimes blamed for madness. The Moon was
Wenchang (XNA) Nov 18, 2020 - The fifth Long March-5 rocket, to be used to launch China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe, was vertically transported to the launching area at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Pro
Paris (ESA) Nov 18, 2020 - Renowned architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, originator of many of the world's tallest skyscrapers, has been working on an even more challenging design: a habitat for a future Moon Vill
Austin TX (SPX) Nov 18, 2020 - A group of astronomers from The University of Texas at Austin has found that a telescope idea shelved by NASA a decade ago can solve a problem that no other telescope can: It would be able to study
