Moon
NASA Wants to Build Landing Pads on the Moon
NASA has started engaging with commercial partners are some out-there projects. One of the most recent is a six year,…
Tiny Cubesat Will Shine an Infrared ‘Flashlight’ Into the Moon’s Shadowed Craters, Searching for Water Ice
A tiny spacecraft is ready to head out for a big job: shining a light on water ice at the…
OK, Artemis. Now You’re Just Showing Off. A Stunning View of the Moon Eclipsing Earth From the Orion Spacecraft
Have you ever seen a lunar eclipse of the Earth from the far side of the Moon? Now we have.…
Artemis I has Completed its First Flyby of the Moon
The Orion spacecraft made its first close flyby of the Moon on Monday, November 21, coming as close as 81…
Europe is Building a Communications Network Around the Moon
GPS and the world's other global positioning systems all have one very limiting disadvantage: they're global to only one world.…
One Total Lunar Eclipse Photo to Rule Them All
We’ve seen some great images from the total lunar eclipse this week. But this one might top them all. Astrophotographer…
Stunning Photos from the November 8, 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse
Did the skies above you cooperate this morning to see the total lunar eclipse? Mine did not, and Fraser reports…
Want a Sneak Peek From NASA’s Lucy Mission? Here are Some Photos it Took of the Moon During its Flyby
We reported a few weeks ago about an Earth gravity assist flyby for the Lucy mission. Around the same as…
Researchers Make Rocket Fuel Using Actual Regolith From the Moon
In-situ resource utilization is a hot topic these days in space exploration circles, and scientists and engineers have had a…
The Moon had Volcanoes More Recently Than Previously Believed
Recent analysis of the samples returned by the Chang'e-5 mission reveal that volcanic activity on the Moon lasted longer than…