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The Apollo experiment that keeps on giving

Jul 26, 2019 (JPL)

The longevity of the experiment can be attributed at least in part to its simplicity: The arrays themselves require no power. Four telescopes at observatories i...

Chandrayaan-2 will reach the moon by August 20, says ISRO

Jul 26, 2019 (IANS)

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that the first-earth bound orbit raising manoeuvre for Chandryaan-2 was successfully performed on Wednesday a...

How to build a moon base

Jul 26, 2019 (The Conversation)

The conditions at the lunar surface are extreme. The moon has a 28-day rotation period, resulting in two weeks of continuous sunlight followed by two weeks of d...

The death of Neil Armstrong and a $6 million secret

Jul 25, 2019 (AFP)

The New York Times said Tuesday it had received by mail 93 pages of documents revealing a dispute between the family of the most famous astronaut in history and...

Toyota Unveils Its Cosmic Collaboration for Futuristic Moon Rover

Jul 24, 2019 (Sputnik)

Toyota has announced the cosmic-scale launch of its off-road moon rover of the future for astronauts. The joint effort by Japan's world-renowned car company and...

Polar Moon water not as invincible as expected, scientists argue

Jul 24, 2019 (SPX)

The most enticing feature of this southernmost region is the craters, some of which never see the light of day reach their floors. The reason for this is the lo...

After Chandrayaan-m Mission India needs to improve satellite launcher capacity

Jul 23, 2019 (Sputnik)

Chandrayaan-2 was successfully launched on Monday, on the GLSV Mark III, nicknamed "Bahubali" or the most powerful, with a carrying capacity of 4-tonnes of sate...

NASA seeks input from US industry on Artemis Lander development

Jul 23, 2019 (SPX)

The agency's internal studies point toward a three-stage human landing system, but NASA is also interested in alternative approaches that can accomplish the sam...

China invites nations to join in moon exploration

Jul 23, 2019 (XNA)

As the world celebrates the historic US moon landing on July 20, 1969, Chinese lunar explorers said their moon exploration program, including plans for a roboti...

India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon

Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)

Chandrayaan-2 -- or Moon Chariot 2 -- took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh st...

Powering the future with lunar soil

Jul 22, 2019 (ESA)

Humans would have little difficulty reaching the Moon's surface with today's technology, but it is expensive - sometimes even impossible - to take all the mater...

Angelic halo orbit chosen for humankind's first lunar outpost

Jul 22, 2019 (ESA)

Like the International Space Station, the Gateway will be a permanent and changeable human outpost. Instead of circling our planet however, it will orbit the Mo...

Lockheed Martin Completes NASA's Orion Spacecraft Capsule For Artemis 1 Mission To The Moon

Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)

Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement at a ceremony in front of the Orion spacecraft in the aptly-named Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Buildin...

First sail on the Moon

Jul 22, 2019 (ESA)

Manufactured by the University of Bern and the Swiss National Science Foundation, this experiment was both simple and of great scientific value. It was one of t...

Building a toolkit for the Moon

Jul 22, 2019 (ESA)

The crew of Apollo 11 were the first to bring Moon samples back to Earth. The 50 lunar rocks from that mission continue to aid scientists' understanding of the ...

China's plans to solve the mysteries of the moon

Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)

China, in collaboration with several countries, is now at the forefront of lunar exploration. In an article published on July 18 in Science, researchers laid ou...

India launches spacecraft on Moon-landing mission

Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)

Chandrayaan-2 -- or Moon Chariot 2 -- took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh st...

Three original NASA moon-walk videos auctioned off for $1.82M

Jul 21, 2019 (UPI)

NASA intern Gary George paid $217.77 for those three tapes and other NASA footage at a government surplus auction in 1976, Sotheby's house said in a news releas...

'Stronger than ever': India set for fresh Moon launch attempt

Jul 21, 2019 (AFP)

The South Asian nation is bidding to become just the fourth nation -- after Russia, the United States and China -- to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The misson ...

One giant leap: 50 years ago, humanity's first steps on the Moon

Jul 21, 2019 (AFP)

The era-defining event was watched by more than half a billion people around the world, and represented one of humanity's greatest achievements. In the US, its ...