Paris (ESA) Aug 31, 2020 - A new sensor to identify lunar volatiles is being assembled in a clean room at The Open University, UK ahead of some exciting missions to the Moon. The Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (ITMS) imaged
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 20, 2020 - As NASA's Orion spacecraft approaches the Moon on the Artemis III mission to put the first woman and next man on the lunar surface, the crew will get a glimpse through the spacecraft's windows.
Beijing (XNA) Aug 16, 2020 - The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 21st lunar day on the far side of the moon. The lander woke up at 14:54 Thursday (Beijing Time) while the rover awoke at 2
Laurel, MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2020 - A new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, shows that exhaust from a midsized lunar lander can quickly spread around the Moon and potent
New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 14, 2020 - India's soft Moon landing, Chandrayaan-2, failed on 7 September 2019 due to a reduction in velocity beyond the designed parameters. However, its orbiter has continued to perform as per the design p
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 27, 2020 - Russian space industry giant Energia is involved in the production of everything from rockets and satellites to space stations and ballistic missiles, and is the prime mover behind the current Russi
Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 23, 2020 - The unusual dark greenish and glistening gel-like substance in a crater on the far side of the moon has attracted widespread interest following its discovery by the Chang'e-4 rover in July 2019.
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 - Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed all of its propulsion hardware for the first crewed flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft. The engines and motors, which Aeroje
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 20, 2020 - The involvement of foreign countries in the ambitious Russian lunar mission is not limited to testing equipment. A lunar mass spectrometer manufactured jointly with Switzerland will be installed on
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 17, 2020 - When Artemis astronauts go back to the Moon, they will need access to electric power to live and work on the surface. Solar power will be one of the options to sustain human life and science for tho
Beijing (XNA) Jul 16, 2020 - The lander and rover of the Chang'e 4 probe have resumed work for the 20th lunar day on the far side of the moon. The lander woke up at 5:48 am Wednesday (Beijing Time), and the rover awoke at
Paris (ESA) Jul 15, 2020 - ESA has long-established plans to create a commercial lunar satellite network and now seeks expressions of interest from companies prepared to build and operate it. Efforts to explore the Moon
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 13, 2020 - The Moon formed a little later than previously assumed. When a Mars-sized protoplanet was destroyed in a collision with the young Earth, a new body was created from the debris ejected during this ca
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 09, 2020 - NASA has selected four U.S. small businesses to mature a range of technologies for sustainable exploration of the Moon under the Artemis program. Through Artemis, the first woman and next man will l
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 09, 2020 - Scientists have identified the 'gel-like' substance the Yutu-2 rover mission discovered on the far side of the moon a year ago, according to a study published this week in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 09, 2020 - Despite the substance in question being described as gel-like shortly after its discovery, new research suggests that it is likely a rock after all. Chinese scientists have revealed the anal
