Russia's plan to launch its lunar lander on Friday is the latest in an international push to return to the Moon that includes the world's top powers but also new players.
Space Exploration
Aug 10, 2023
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NASA's Artemis 3 mission, set to return humans to the Moon in 2025, might not involve a crewed landing after all, an official said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Aug 9, 2023
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As a new space race heats up, two researchers from the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas and their colleagues have proposed a new scientific subfield: planetary geoarchaeology, the study of how cultural ...
Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2023
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Scientists have "reset the clock" for craters on the moon, meaning that parts of its surface are around 200 million years older than had been thought.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 13, 2023
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Yesterday, ESA formally gave possession of the second European Service Module to NASA for the Artemis II mission that will see four astronauts circle our moon and return to Earth.
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2023
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If you've ever played Kerbal Space Program, you know how difficult it can be to get your spacecraft into the orbit you want. It's even more difficult in real life. This is why it's pretty impressive to see a proposal to study ...
Space Exploration
May 31, 2023
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Since 2004, China has been pioneering many aspects of lunar exploration with the Chang'e project, of which all five missions were successful in obtaining new information about the moon.
Space Exploration
May 26, 2023
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Two years after awarding Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build ...
Space Exploration
May 20, 2023
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A small team of astronomers at Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, working with a colleague from MCCE, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Université, has found more evidence that the moon has an inner ...
An instrument called ShadowCam is giving NASA's planned Artemis missions to the moon some advanced views of a landing site. It's mounted to the Danuri Korea Pathfinder Lunar orbiter sent to the moon last year. Lately, this ...
Astronomy
May 2, 2023
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