Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2020 - China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has driven 399.788 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2020 - We're celebrating our 20th year of continuous presence aboard the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit this year, and we're on the verge of sending the first women and next men to the Moon
Hilo HI (SPX) Feb 28, 2020 - Astronomers using the international Gemini Observatory, on Hawaii's Maunakea, have imaged a very small object in orbit around the Earth, thought to be only a few meters across. According to Grigori
Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 27, 2020 - A little over a year after landing, China's spacecraft Chang'E-4 is continuing to unveil secrets from the far side of the Moon. The latest study, published on Feb.26 in Science Advances, reveals wha
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Feb 27, 2020 - Mission Control Space Services Inc. (Mission Control) is pleased to announce a contract awarded by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the development of a novel payload to advance lunar scientific
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2020 - NASA is asking its 14 Commercial Lunar Payload Services companies to bid on flying VIPER to the Moon by 2023. VIPER, or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, is a golf-cart sized mobile r
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 26, 2020 - They might be small, but they're also mighty. Very small and innovative spacecraft called CubeSats are poised to play a role in NASA's Artemis program, which will return humans to the Moon by 2024.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 26, 2020 - There is a new, but temporary, natural moon orbiting Earth, according to the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.
Hampton VA (SPX) Feb 21, 2020 - Vice President Mike Pence, chair of the National Space Council, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine got a glimpse Wednesday into how NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia is at the
Beijing (XNA) Feb 19, 2020 - The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 15th lunar day on the far side of the moon after sleeping during the extremely cold night. The lander woke up at 6:57 a.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 - Almost a quarter of a million miles away from home, the Moon's permanently shadowed regions are the closest extraterrestrial water source. These craters have remained dark for billions of years, but
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 - NASA has selected Rocket Lab of Huntington Beach, California, to provide launch services for the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) Cub
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 12, 2020 - As NASA prepares to launch American astronauts this year on American rockets from American soil to the International Space Station - with an eye toward the Moon and Mars - the agency is announcing i
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2020 - President Donald Trump's Fiscal Year 2021 budget for NASA is worthy of 21st century exploration and discovery. The President's budget invests more than $25 billion in NASA to fortify our innovative
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
