Washington DC (UPI) Feb 11, 2020 - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024. We are ushering in an unprecedented era of human spaceflight, NASA Admin
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 10, 2020 - Back in 1972, NASA sent their last team of astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo 17 mission. These astronauts brought some of the Moon back to Earth so scientists could continue to study lunar soil i
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 - As NASA's Artemis lunar exploration program mounts toward a robust decade of modern science, research, and human exploration at the Moon, the agency is asking American companies to think about how t
Beijing (XNA) Feb 05, 2020 - China's lunar rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) has driven 367.25 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration. Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe ended th
Paris (ESA) Feb 03, 2020 - The first European device to land on the Moon this decade will be a drill and sample analysis package, and the teams behind it are one step closer to flight as part of Russia's Luna-27 mission.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 30, 2020 - A Japanese billionaire who launched a public search for a girlfriend willing to join him on a trip into space abruptly cancelled the hunt on Thursday, despite attracting nearly 30,000 applicants.
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 - The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here. Capital improvements, funded by B
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2020 - NASA has finalized the first 16 science experiments and technology demonstrations, ranging from chemistry to communications, to be delivered to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. Sch
Noordwijk, The Netherlands (SPX) Jan 20, 2020 - A prototype oxygen plant has been set up in the Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory of the European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, based in Noordwijk in the Netherlands.
Paris (ESA) Jan 15, 2020 - Mission X: train like an astronaut is an international educational challenge, focusing on health, science, fitness and nutrition, which encourages pupils to train like an astronaut. The perfec
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 - An engineering model of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is tested in the Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 - China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 357.695 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe
Washington (UPI) Jan 2, 2020 - The Indian Space Research Organization chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan said the country will move ahead with a new space mission to the moon despite a failed attempt in 2019.
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jan 1, 2020 - India plans to make a fresh attempt to land an unmanned mission on the moon in 2020 after a failed bid last year, the head of the country's space programme said Wednesday.
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 27, 2019 - Russia and the United States will have their next meeting, where Russia's participation in Lunar Gateway Station will be discussed, closer to spring, the head of space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rog
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 24, 2019 - Fortunately for today's scientists, Apollo-era leaders had the foresight to save much of the 842 pounds (382 kilograms) of Moon soil and rocks retrieved by NASA astronauts 50 years ago for future ge
