Moon
China Reveals How it’s Planning to Search for Water Ice at the Moon’s South Pole
It’s been a big week for Chinese space exploration. First a successful test flight of Zhuque-3 and this week we…
Japan’s Moon Lander Touches Down, But Power Problem Mars Its Mission
Update for Jan. 21: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shut down its moon lander to conserve battery power, but says…
Astrobotic Confirms it Won’t be Landing on the Moon
It’s a real shame that spaceflight is seen as routine by the world’s media. In reality, our exploration of the…
The First Launch of ULA’s Vulcan Goes Smoothly, but there’s a Problem with its Lander Payload
Space missions regularly test multiple new technologies in one go. It's very common to have a single mission test out…
We Owe Our Lives to the Moon
Life appeared on Earth through a series of lucky coincidences, and that luck started with our Moon. None of the…
Questions Remain on Chinese Rocket That Created an Unusual Double Crater on the Moon
In November, we reported how an impact on the Moon from a Chinese Long March rocket booster created an unusual…
ESA is Stockpiling Simulated Regolith for the Ultimate Lunar Playground.
Testing interplanetary landers means putting them in an environment as close to their destination as possible. Mars landers are often…
A Radio Telescope on the Moon Could Help Us Understand the First 50 Million Years of the Universe
In the coming decade, multiple space agencies and commercial space providers are determined to return astronauts to the Moon and…
We've Entered a New Era: The Lunar Anthropocene
For almost half a century, the term "Anthropocene" has been informally used to describe the current geological epoch. The term…
For its Final Trick, Chandrayaan-3 Brings its Propulsion Module to Earth Orbit
On August 23, ISRO's Vikram lander detached from its propulsion module and made a soft landing near the Moon’s south…