A view of Earth and one of Odysseus’ fuel pressurant tanks aboard the IM-1 mission. Intuitive Machines is a commercial company that has been contracted…
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at…
Intuitive Machines has successfully launched its IM-1 Nova-C class lunar lander on SpaceX’s Falcon 9, marking a significant step in space exploration. The mission, part…
Scientists have discovered anomalous rocks on the Moon with unique dust properties that change how sunlight is reflected, suggesting new geological insights and potential magnetic…
Researchers at Washington State University are pioneering the discovery of liquid solvents crucial for extracting building materials from lunar and Martian soils. This advancement is…
ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organization) Vikram lander, with a NASA retroreflector on it, touched down on the Moon on August 23, 2023. The camera aboard…
The lunar meteorite sample Tara Hayden investigated and successfully discovered the water-bearing mineral apatite. Credit: Tara Hayden Western cosmochemist finds early lunar crust had more…
Graphic depiction of A Lunar Long-Baseline Optical Imaging Interferometer: Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI). Credit: Kenneth Carpenter NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
Image shows astronaut-geologist Harrison H. Schmitt standing next to a huge lunar boulder during NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The scientists in this research…
Lunar Aspirations to Pacific Disintegration: The Journey of the Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer
The Peregrine Lunar Lander developed a critical propellant leak shortly after leaving Earth. Credit: Astrobotic The Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS) has returned to…
NASA and Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander was set for a controlled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, having successfully collected space data despite not landing on the…
An image captured in space from Peregrine’s journey. The curved sliver in the upper right corner is Earth. The camera that took this image is…
First image of Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander in space. Credit: Astrobotic Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander experienced a propulsion issue soon after launch. NASAEstablished in 1958, the National…
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander will deliver five NASA payloads to the Moon following its January 8 launch on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket. Credit: Astrobotic…
Ahead of launch as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is encapsulated in the payload fairing, or nose…
Illustration of NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) on the surface of the Moon. VIPER will get a close-up view of the location and…
An artist’s concept of the completed design of NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER. VIPER will get a close-up view of the location…
Human interaction with the moon, starting with the USSR’s Luna 2 in 1959, has led to significant changes in the lunar environment. Researchers at the…
A new study using advanced atom-probe tomography has determined that the Earth’s Moon is 4.46 billion years old, 40 million years older than previous estimates.…
Artist’s impression of Theia colliding with the Earth billions of years ago. Credit: Hongping Deng and Hangzhou Sphere Studio New research suggests that large remnants…