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March 13, 2025
MOON DAILY
NASA Works to Regain Contact with Lunar Trailblazer and Evaluate Future Possibilities



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2025
NASA's mission team is continuing efforts to restore communication with the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft after losing contact on February 27, just a day after its launch. The mission operators at Caltech's IPAC are working alongside NASA's Deep Space Network to send commands in an attempt to establish a connection. Several radio ground stations have also volunteered their resources to detect any signals from the small satellite as it travels further from Earth. Meanwhile, the mission team is analy ... read more

TECH SPACE
Goonhilly Provides Critical Communications for Lunar Mission, Advancing Moon Economy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2025
Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd continues to play a pivotal role in lunar exploration and infrastructure expansion, reinforcing its importance in humanity's return to the Moon. Goonhilly is delive ... more
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NASA Continuing Efforts to Restore Contact with Lunar Trailblazer
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025
NASA's mission operations team at Caltech's IPAC remains committed to restoring communication with the Lunar Trailblazer satellite, which recently lost signal. Preliminary telemetry data prior ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025
NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3, when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals on the Moon's surface ... more
MOON DAILY
Perfect Lunar Landing Achieved in Mare Crisium
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2025
On 2 March 2025, the Blue Ghost mission successfully executed an automated landing in Mare Crisium, a basin located on the Moon's northeastern near side. This milestone marks Firefly Aerospace as th ... more
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Lunar Research Facility Lands on Moon for Regolith Study
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025
The Regolith Adherence Characterization (RAC) experiment has successfully arrived on the lunar surface, where it will operate for one full lunar day-equivalent to 14 Earth days-conducting research o ... more
MOON DAILY
Lunar Data Center Demonstrates Success on Journey to the Moon
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2025
Lonestar Data Holdings has reached a critical milestone with the successful testing and operation of its commercial data center payload while traveling through space en route to the Moon. This achie ... more
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Rocket Lab Space Software Aids in Successful Lunar Landing for Firefly's Blue Ghost 1 Mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has played a key role in the successful Moon landing of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1, which touched down on March 2 at 8:34 a.m. UTC (3:34 a.m. ET). T ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China advances manned lunar program for 2030 moon landing
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2025
China is making steady strides toward its goal of landing astronauts on the moon by 2030, with research and development efforts progressing as scheduled, the China Manned Space Agency announced Mond ... more

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WATER WORLD
Less mapped than the Moon: quest to reveal the seabed
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the Moon, an astonishing fact driving a global push to build the clearest-ever picture of the seabed. ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA rolls out Artemis II Orion spacecraft, twin rocket boosters for moon mission
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 7, 2025
NASA on Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission around the moon. ... more
MOON DAILY
Oops, we tipped it again: Mission over for sideways US lander
Washington (AFP) Mar 7, 2025
Intuitive Machines' second Moon mission ended in disappointment on Friday after the US company confirmed that its spacecraft had tipped over and was unable to recharge its solar-powered batteries - mirroring its first attempt last year. ... more
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US firm targets Moon landing with drill, rovers, hopping drone
Washington (AFP) Mar 6, 2025
A drill to search for ice. A 4G network test. Three rovers and a first-of-its-kind hopping drone. ... more
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Japan startup targets June 6 Moon landing
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 4, 2025
Japanese startup ispace on Tuesday set a June 6 target touchdown date for its Moon lander, following the success of its rocket "rideshare" buddy, a spacecraft from a US firm. ... more
MOON DAILY
Private US company aces lunar landing on first mission
Washington (AFP) Mar 2, 2025
A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone - and the first to do so upright. ... more
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UAE sends AI-equipped drones to spot Ramadan moon
Dubai (AFP) Feb 28, 2025
The United Arab Emirates is flying AI-equipped drones to help spot the crescent moon marking the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, official media said on Friday. ... more
MOON DAILY
Chang'e 6 Samples Confirm Global Magma Ocean on Early Moon
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2025
A recent analysis of lunar samples retrieved by China's Chang'e 6 mission has provided substantial evidence supporting the theory that the moon was once enveloped in a global molten "magma ocean" fo ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA's Hubble Captures Andromeda's Dynamic Galactic Ecosystem
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2025
The Andromeda galaxy, situated 2.5 million light-years from Earth, appears to the unaided eye as a dim, spindle-shaped formation comparable in size to the full Moon. However, beyond this faint glow ... more
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Private US company blasts off for second Moon landing attempt
Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) Feb 27, 2025
A US company is aiming for its second lunar touchdown after a lander carrying a suite of unique experiments successfully launched aboard a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday. ... more
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MIT engineers prepare to send three payloads to the moon
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
In the coming days, weather permitting, MIT engineers and scientists will send three payloads into space, on a course set for the moon's south polar region. ... more
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NASA Prepares Gateway Lunar Space Station for Artemis Missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
The Power and Propulsion Element for NASA's Gateway lunar space station is currently undergoing assembly, setting the stage for its mission to orbit the Moon as part of the Artemis program. This cru ... more
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Private US company set for second Moon landing attempt
Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2025
Intuitive Machines made history last year as the first private company to put a robot on the Moon, although the triumph was marred by the lander tipping onto its side. ... more
MOON DAILY
Blue Ghost Mission Nears Moon Touchdown and GNSS Milestone
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2025


Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is set to land on the Moon in less than a week with touchdown expected on Sunday March 2 after its launch on Jan 15. In preparation for descent, the spacecraft will ... more

EARTH OBSERVATION
Blue Moon mission drives NanoAvionics SuperSharp thermal imaging innovation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2025
Based in the UK and a member of the Satlantis group, SuperSharp has chosen the Kongsberg NanoAvionics MP42 microsatellite platform for its pioneering Blue Moon mission. This unique Thermal InfraRed ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Moon-Exposed Grass Seeds to Be Cultivated on Earth
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2025
Herders in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region may soon have access to a unique variety of forage, as researchers are set to cultivate grass seeds that have undergone a journey to the moon. These seeds ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Moon or Mars? NASA's future at a crossroads under Trump
Washington (AFP) Feb 20, 2025
Is NASA still Moonbound, or will the next giant leap mean skipping straight to Mars? ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA Investigates Spaceborne Antibiotic Resistance with ISS Experiment
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025
NASA is advancing research on astronaut health with a new experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) aimed at accelerating the detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This initiativ ... more
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SATURN DAILY
Tidal energy data aids SwRI scientists in unraveling Titan's composition and orbital shifts
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025
Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) are examining Saturn's largest moon, Titan, to determine its tidal dissipation rate-the energy lost as it interacts with Saturn's immense gravitati ... more
MOON DAILY
Lunar Space Station Module Prepares for US Transport Ahead of Artemis IV
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2025
A key component of NASA's Gateway lunar space station has completed rigorous environmental tests and is now in the cleanroom for final preparations before its journey to the United States. Whe ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Names of Chinese Lunar Rover and Spacesuits Announced
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2025
China has officially revealed the names of its new spacesuits and manned rover, which will be used in upcoming lunar missions. The China Manned Space Agency announced Wednesday that astronauts walki ... more
MOON DAILY
How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Will Chart a Unique Path to the Moon
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2025
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer has arrived in Florida for final preparations ahead of its upcoming launch later this month. The small satellite, built by Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, has ... more
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NASA Advances Lunar Exploration with Polar Ice Mining Experiment
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2025
NASA's Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is set to probe the Moon's subsurface, analyzing its composition and potential resources to support future lunar exploration. As part of the ... more
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