Moon
This is the Machine Astronauts Trained on to Land on the Moon
The Moon landings were a huge undertaking. In order to prepare, NASA had to think of every detail, right down…
NASA is Testing a Rover That Could Search For Water Ice on The Moon
NASA has plans to send the VIPER rover to the South Pole of the Moon to look for water ice,…
SpaceX is Sure They’ll be Able to Land Starship on the Moon in 2022
As the president of SpaceX said at the 2019 IAC, the company hopes to conduct missions to the Moon by…
Robotic Spiders to Explore the Moon? Yes, Please!
UK startup Spacebit is looking to democratize space with its Walking Rover mission, which will be the UK's first lunar…
This is What Moondust Looks Like When You Remove All the Oxygen. A Pile of Metal
The Moon has abundant oxygen and minerals, things that are indispensable to any space-faring civilization. The problem is they're locked…
China’s Lander Successfully Grew Some Cotton Plants on the Moon. Fruit Flies and Potatoes Didn’t Fare So Well
When China's Chang'e-4 spacecraft landed on the lunar far side on January 3rd 2019, it made history. It was the…
India’s Crashed Lander is In This Picture, Somewhere
This image of the lunar highlands is from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. You'd need superhuman eyesight to spot it, but…
India has Located the Vikram Lander, But it’s Still not Communicating With Home
The ISRO has confirmed the location of their Vikram lander on the lunar surface, but is uncertain if it survived…
Chandrayaan 2 Mission Loses Contact With Vikram Lander During Descent
The ISRO dispatched their Vikram lunar lander towards the lunar surface today, but lost contact with it just before it…
The Spaceline: an Elevator From the Earth to the Moon
A team of scientists recently proposed an alternative to a Space Elevator - the "Spaceline", a tether that extends from…