Moon
Against all Odds. Japan’s SLIM Lander Survived a Second Lunar Night Upside Down
You might remember the SLIM lunar lander that managed to land upside-down! The probe from the Japanese Space Agency has…
China's Relay Satellite is in Lunar Orbit
On March 20th, China's Queqiao-2 ("Magpie Bridge-2") satellite launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Site LC-2 on the island of…
Lunar Night Permanently Ends the Odysseus Mission
On February 15th, Intuitive Machines (IM) launched its first Nova-C class spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a…
NASA Reveals its Planetary Science Goals for Artemis III
If all goes well, NASA's Artemis III mission will bring humans back to the Moon as early as 2026, the…
Northrup Grumman is Studying How to Build a Railway on the Moon
Roughly two years and six months from now, as part of NASA's Artemis III mission, astronauts will set foot on…
It’s Time to Study Lunar Lava Tubes. Here’s a Mission That Could Help
The Moon is practically begging to be explored, and the momentum to do so is building. The Artemis Program's effort…
Drones Could Help Map the Lunar Surface with Extreme Precision
Exploring the Moon has become increasingly more of a focal point lately, especially with a series of landers recently launched…
New Study Addresses how Lunar Missions will Kick up Moondust.
Before the end of this decade, NASA plans to return astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the…
Odysseus Is Shut Down After Sending Snapshots From Moon Landing
Update: On March 23, Intuitive Machines said that its Odysseus lander failed to re-establish contact after the lunar night, and…
China Names its Capsule and Lander for its Upcoming Human Lunar Missions
In a recent announcement, the Chinese Space Agency (CSA) unveiled the names for its forthcoming lunar mission components. The CSA…