Moon
How Could Astronauts Call for Help from the Moon?
Exploring the Moon poses significant risks, with its extreme environment and hazardous terrain presenting numerous challenges. In the event of…
Launching Mass From the Moon Helped by Lunar Gravity Anomalies
Placing a mass driver on the Moon has long been a dream of space exploration enthusiasts. It would open up…
NASA Wants to Move Heavy Cargo on the Moon
While new rockets and human missions to the Moon are in the press, NASA is quietly thinking through the nuts…
Scientists Determine the Age of the Moon’s Oldest and Largest Impact Basin
The massive South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin is one of the Moon's dominant features, though it's not visible from Earth. It's…
New Simulation Will Help Future Missions Collect Moon Dust
In this decade and the next, multiple space agencies will send crewed missions to the Moon for the first time…
China Releases its First Roadmap for Space Science and Exploration Through 2050.
China's space program has advanced considerably since the turn of the century. In addition to developing heavy-launch vehicles like the…
Was the Moon Captured?
The general consensus is that Theia crashed into Earth billions of years ago and led to the formation of the…
Unloading Cargo on the Moon
I don’t think it’s something I have ever really thought of! Robotic explorers can travel around the Solar System visiting…
Europe Simulates the Moon on Earth
Where do you go to practice living and working on the Moon before you actually get there? That's the question…
A New Rover Design Could Crawl Across the Moon for Decades Harvesting Water
We have known that water ice exists on the Moon since 1998. These large deposits are found in the permanently…