NASA is asking U.S. industry to submit innovative architecture solutions that could help the agency land and move cargo on the lunar surface during future Artemis missions. Released in September, the agency's request for ...
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Mining the moon to extract its resources is a critical step on humanity's path into the solar system. One of the most common resources on the moon is considered relatively valuable here on Earth—titanium.
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Physical infrastructure on the moon will be critical to any long-term human presence there as both America and China gear up for a sustained human lunar presence. Increasingly, a self-deploying tower is one of the most essential ...
Space Exploration
Oct 4, 2024
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Deposits of ice in lunar dust and rock (regolith) are more extensive than previously thought, according to a new analysis of data from NASA's LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) mission. Ice would be a valuable resource for ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 3, 2024
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A team of international scientists has taken a significant step towards making lunar exploration safer, proposing a distress monitoring and rescue system designed for the moon's unique and challenging environment.
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2024
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When astronauts return to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, they will benefit from having a human-rated unpressurized LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) that will allow them to explore more of the lunar surface, enabling ...
Space Exploration
Oct 2, 2024
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We know that beneath its crater-pocked silicate crust, the moon has an olivine mantle and a metallic core. Some research has also suggested that a partially molten layer may lie at the base of the otherwise solid mantle, ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 30, 2024
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Earth's moon will soon have some company—a "mini moon."
Planetary Sciences
Sep 29, 2024
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Europe has embarked on the mission to put humans back on the moon with a new lunar simulator launched in Germany, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP.
Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2024
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Over six missions to the moon, from 1969 to 1972, Apollo astronauts collected more than 800 pounds of lunar rock and soil. Chemical and isotopic analysis of that material showed that it was similar to the rock and soil on ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 27, 2024
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