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Astronomy Oct 27, 2023

JWST takes a detailed look at Jupiter's moon Ganymede

Nature doesn't conform to our ideas of neatly-contained categories. Many things in nature blur the lines we try to draw around them. That's true of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system

Space Exploration Oct 25, 2023

Lunar astronauts will need easy walking trails around the moon's south pole

Before this decade is out, NASA plans to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo Era and build the necessary infrastructure to keep sending them back. And they will hardly be alone. Alongside NASA's ...

Space Exploration Oct 18, 2023

How NASA's Europa Clipper will survive its trip to Jupiter's hostile moon

If life exists elsewhere in the solar system, it may well reside in the ocean of Jupiter's icy moon Europa.

Space Exploration Oct 6, 2023

Researchers 3D print moon rover wheel prototype with NASA

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with NASA, are taking additive manufacturing to the final frontier by 3D printing the same kind of wheel as the design used by NASA ...

Space Exploration Sep 29, 2023

India space chief unfazed by Moon mission's apparent end

As hopes dim of further contact with India's moon rover, the country's space chief has said he was satisfied with the prospect of calling its successful lunar mission to an end.

Planetary Sciences Sep 14, 2023

Whether Saturn's rings are young or old, its moons may be as ancient as the planet itself

Saturn is best known for two things: its iconic ring structures and its large system of natural satellites. Currently, 146 moons and moonlets have been discovered orbiting the ringed giant, 24 of which are regular satellites. ...

Space Exploration Sep 14, 2023

Some lunar regolith are better for living off the land on the moon

Between now and the mid-2030s, multiple space agencies hope to send crewed missions to the moon. of These plans all involve establishing bases around the moon's southern polar region, including the Artemis Base Camp and the ...

Space Exploration Sep 14, 2023

Maduro says Venezuelan astronauts could go to Moon in Chinese spaceship

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his country could send its first astronauts to the Moon in a Chinese spacecraft, hailing on Thursday a scientific cooperation agreement he reached with President Xi Jinping.

Space Exploration Sep 2, 2023

India launches spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon's south pole

India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon.

Economics & Business Aug 31, 2023

India has landed on the moon: Here's what the political and economic gains are

From the early days of human space activity in the 1960s, missions to the moon have attracted significant global attention. India's recent success in landing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon was technically demanding ...

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