Moon
India Launches Chandrayaan-3 to the Moon, Hoping for a Successful Landing
On July 14, 2023, at 2:35 pm Indian Standard Time (5:05 am EST), the Indian Space Resource Organisation (ISRO) successfully…
Volcanic Hotspot Found on the Moon
A recent study published in Nature examines a volcanic hotspot that potentially exists beneath a feature on the Moon’s farside…
Astronauts Will Be Tracking Dust Into the Lunar Gateway. Is This a Problem?
A NASA-supported study examines how lunar regolith could impact the Gateway and other aspects of NASA's Artemis Program.
What Role Will NASA Play In Developing ISRU On The Moon?
Space agencies will play a vital role in the developing space economy, especially in the beginning. But what will the…
Airbus Developed a System To Extract Oxygen and Metal From Lunar Regolith
New technologies utilizing material found in space are constantly popping up, sometimes from smaller companies and sometimes from larger ones.…
NASA Has a Plan to Power the Moon
Despite all the hype surrounding the coming of the commercial space age, NASA and other governmental agencies will still play…
HAKUTO-R’s Software Got Confused at the Last Minute, Causing it to Crash into the Moon
On April 26, 2023, people around the world watched as the HAKUTO-R lander made its final approach for a landing…
How Much Damage Will Lunar Landings Do to Lunar Orbiters?
A new study considers how missions landing and taking off from the lunar surface could cause damage to orbiting spacecraft.
China is Planning to Have Humans on the Moon by 2030
As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the Moon with Artemis III, China is ramping up its efforts for a…
NASA May Have Found Hakuto-R’s Crash Site
New images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) appear to show the crash site where the Japanese Hakuto-R Mission 1…