NASA's Psyche captures images of Earth and moon
Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking homeward.
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NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030. Choosing where is tricky
In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so would allow the United ...
Space Exploration
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How did Jupiter's Galilean moons form? Scientists explore moon formation theories
We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as familiar with. Scientists think they understand how the most important moon in our solar system ...
Astrobiology
Aug 18, 2025
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Is mining asteroids that impacted the moon easier than mining asteroids themselves?
The resources tucked away in asteroids promise to provide the building blocks of humanity's expansion into space. However, accessing those resources can prove tricky. There's the engineering challenge of landing a spacecraft ...
Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2025
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Lawrence Livermore National Lab enters a different kind of space race with a telescope deal
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will have 13 months to develop a low-orbit telescope that will be part of a space mission expected to launch in 2027 to help select future moon landing sites, map mineral deposits, and ...
Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2025
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Solar powered moon brick factory could build future lunar cities
Chinese scientists have developed a remarkable machine that could revolutionize how humans build structures on the moon. The device works like a 3D printer powered by concentrated sunlight, turning lunar soil (known as regolith) ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 7, 2025
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Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy could enable future satellite swarms to complete science goals with little human help
Astronauts living and working on the moon and Mars will rely on satellites to provide services like navigation, weather, and communications relays. While managing complex missions, automating satellite communications will ...
Space Exploration
Aug 5, 2025
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Lunar photobioreactors could provide food and oxygen on the moon
Astronauts exploring the moon will need all the help they can get, and scientists have spent lots of time and plenty of money coming up with different systems to do so. Two of the critical needs of any long-term lunar mission ...
Astrobiology
Aug 5, 2025
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon mission ends
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the moon on July 31. Despite extensive efforts, mission operators were unable to establish two-way communications after losing contact with the spacecraft the day following its ...
Space Exploration
Aug 5, 2025
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China's meteoric rise into space
While NASA maintains the lead in human space exploration, other nations have already begun their own projects. Take the China National Space Agency, for example, with their CLEP, or Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. If you ...
Space Exploration
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