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New map of Orientale basin may guide lunar sample missions![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2024 Billions of years in the past, an asteroid of immense size collided with the Moon, generating such intense heat that the lunar rock melted and glowed white-hot before eventually solidifying. This formed the multi-ringed Orientale basin, a major impact feature on the Moon's surface. Acquiring samples of such impact melt is of great value to scientists, who can analyze them in laboratories to determine the exact timing of the melt's solidification and, by extension, the age of the impact event. Howe ... read more |
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![]() London, UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2024 An international collaboration, including researchers from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University, has announced a pioneering approach to harness solar energy in space by converting sunlight into laser b ... more ![]() ![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 21, 2024 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the nation's state-owned space industry leader, has successfully tested a key component of its Long March 10 rocket, an essential part of C ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2024 Designing technology to endure the Moon's harsh environment for up to a decade is a critical task for NASA's Artemis missions. To meet this challenge, three companies have been selected to develop s ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2024 NASA is set to deepen its Artemis campaign, targeting long-term lunar exploration, by assigning key cargo missions to SpaceX and Blue Origin under their current contracts. This move supports NASA's ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) announced that its prototype lunar rover, developed for upcoming manned lunar missions, has advanced to the initial phase of development. The rover ... more |
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![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 Basalt samples collected by China's Chang'e-6 mission have shed light on volcanic activity on the Moon's farside, revealing eruptions occurring 2.8 billion years ago (Ga) and 4.2 Ga. This significan ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2024 NASA is prioritizing astronaut safety in the harsh conditions of the Moon, with a focus on developing reliable systems for rescue operations during missions at the Lunar South Pole. With the Artemis ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the station's bricks could be made from the Moon's own soil. ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2024 One year ago, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA spacecraft nearly 10 million miles away. That's 40 times farther than our Moon. That's like using a l ... more |
![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2024 Workers who established NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, likely did not foresee the legacy they were building - one of resilience and enduring impact. Braving mosqu ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books |
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![]() Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2024 Denmark is a founding member of the European Space Agency and on Wednesday formally committed to safe and responsible space exploration that benefits humanity by signing the Artemis Accords. ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2024 Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has been appointed to design and construct the initial fleet of Data Storage Spacecraft for Lonestar, a premier provider of data storage and Resiliency As A Service (RAAS) ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 ispace, inc. (TOKYO: 9348), a leader in global lunar exploration, has entered a collaborative agreement with Thailand's national space agency, the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Ag ... more ![]() ![]() Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 08, 2024 As NASA plans for humans to return to the Moon and eventually explore Mars, a laser beam welding collaboration between NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and The Ohio State ... more |
![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2024 Earlier this year, Fugro Australia's Space Automation, AI, and Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC) entered into a partnership with U.S. space exploration company Intuitive Machines to aid their phase ... more ![]() ![]() Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 09, 2024 GMV, a multinational technology company, has concluded the FASTNAV (Multi-range Navigation for Fast Moon Rovers) project, showcasing a navigation system that enables rovers to reach speeds of 1 m/s- ... more ![]() ![]() Paris, France (SPX) Nov 03, 2024 The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the latest Space Resources Challenge, inviting participants to help develop technologies that will enable humanity to establish a sustainable presence on ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 03, 2024 Bridgestone Corporation announced a new partnership with Astrobotic Technology to jointly develop a specialized tire for lunar rovers. With over 90 years of experience in tire development, Bri ... more |
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![]() Washington DC (UPI) Oct 31, 2024 India is eying a return to the moon in 2028, aiming to collect 6.6 pounds of lunar samples from an area thought to be rich in water and ice near the lunar south pole, the Indian Space Research Organization has announced. ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission is poised to answer longstanding questions about the distribution and composition of water on the Moon. While scientists have long suspected the presence of lunar wa ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 China is accelerating its mission to place astronauts on the Moon by 2030, with substantial progress across development, testing, and infrastructure construction. In a recent press briefing, the Chi ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 Stephanie Dudley, who leads mission integration and utilization for NASA's Gateway, is at the forefront of merging human space exploration and science aboard the upcoming lunar orbiting outpost. Set ... more |
![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 Water extraction in space is critical for expanding human exploration of the Solar System. Led by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), a new technique is being validated to harvest water from the Moon ... more |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2024 Researchers have discovered what may be a long-hidden record of ancient impact craters on Venus, shedding light on a planetary history distinct from Earth's. Unlike Earth, where wind, water, and tec ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2024 NASA has refined its list of potential landing sites for the upcoming Artemis III mission, aiming to be the first crewed Moon landing in over 50 years. Nine candidate landing regions have been ident ... more ![]() ![]() Jiuquan, China (AFP) Oct 29, 2024 China's only woman spaceflight engineer will be among a crew of three astronauts blasting off on a "dream" mission to the Tiangong space station this week, Beijing announced Tuesday. ... more ![]() ![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 28, 2024 China's recent lunar and Mars missions have provided unprecedented insights into the geological and environmental conditions of the Moon and Mars, yielding crucial data for future exploration. ... more |
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