Moon
Lunar Samples Have Been in the Deep Freeze for 50 Years. NASA Finally has the Right Technology to Study Them Properly
Curators handling lunar rocks take extreme care to keep these materials from contamination as they work with them in cold…
NASA Announces the Winners of its Second Payload Challenge!
Earlier today, NASA announced the winners of their "Honey, I Shrunk the Payload, the Sequel" Challenge!
Eight Missions are Getting Extensions, Most Exciting: OSIRIS-REx is Going to Asteroid Apophis
NASA has granted mission extensions to eight different planetary missions, citing the continued excellent operations of the spacecraft, but more…
One Giant Impact Made the Two Halves of the Moon so Different
The South Pole-Aitken Basin on the Moon formed from a gigantic impact about 4.3 billion years ago. But that impact…
Five Rover Teams Chosen to Help Explore the Moon’s South Pole
The Moon may seem barren, and it is. However, a certain species of inquisitive primates is still very interested in…
Cultured Meat Could Keep Astronauts fed in Space
The ESA is investigating lab-grown meat as a possible application of feeding astronauts on long-duration missions away from Earth.
The Strange Swirls on the Lunar Surface are Somehow Related to Topography
The Moon is the most studied object in space. But our nearest neighbour still holds a few mysteries. One of…
Lunar Rovers Could be Dropped Into Lava Tubes to Explore Their Depths
Technical challenges abound when doing space exploration. Some areas are so remote or isolated that engineers need to build a…
Chris Hadfield Drives in the Desert With a new Lunar Rover Prototype
As the Apollo astronauts found out, mobility is everything. Apollo’s Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) – sometimes called the Lunar Rover…
Now That is a Big Rocket. Space Launch System Rolls out to the Launch pad for a Series of Tests
Under the full Moon, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket rolled out to the launchpad for the first time. The…