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Planetary Sciences Aug 3, 2023

Giant solar eruption felt on Earth, moon and Mars

A coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun on 28 October 2021 and was spread over such a wide area that Mars and Earth, while on opposite sides of the sun and around 250 million kilometers apart, received an influx of energetic ...

Space Exploration Jul 19, 2023

We could get large amounts of water from the moon by directing the sun at it

One of the most commonly discussed challenges when starting our species' space exploration journey is how to get the resources necessary for life off of the Earth. Typically this is thought of as two things—water and oxygen, ...

Space Exploration Jul 19, 2023

China will use two rockets to put humans on the moon

As of 2019, China began conducting preliminary studies for a crewed lunar mission that would take place by the 2030s. Two years later, the China National Space Agency (CNSA) and Roscosmos announced a partnership to create ...

Space Exploration Jul 14, 2023

Crowds cheer as India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon's south pole

An Indian spacecraft blazed its way toward the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover on the lunar surface, the country's space agency said.

Space Exploration Jul 14, 2023

India launches cut-price mission to land on Moon

India launched a rocket on Friday carrying an unmanned spacecraft to land on the Moon, its second attempt to do so as its cut-price space program seeks to reach new heights.

Space Exploration Jul 14, 2023

India is set to launch a lander and rover to explore the moon's south pole

India was set to send a spacecraft to the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface.

Space Exploration Jul 13, 2023

Preventing traffic accidents to the moon and back

With dozens of missions headed to the space between Earth and the moon over the next 10 years, there's bound to be traffic.

Space Exploration Jul 5, 2023

NASA's moon rover prototype conquers steep, scary lander exit test

NASA's VIPER—short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover—recently completed another successful round of rigorous tests of the agency's first robotic moon rover's ability to drive off the Astrobotic Griffin ...

Space Exploration Jun 14, 2023

NASA laser communications terminal delivered for Artemis II moon mission

The laser communications system for NASA's Artemis II mission arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for integration with the Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts around the Moon for the first time since ...

Astronomy May 30, 2023

Webb telescope finds towering plume of water escaping from one of Saturn's moons

Two Southwest Research Institute scientists were part of a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team that observed a towering plume of water vapor more than 6,000 miles long—roughly the distance from the U.S. to Japan—spewing ...

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