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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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.

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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.…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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.

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

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