The JPL-led challenge is seeking tiny payloads no larger than a bar of soap for a miniaturized Moon rover. Credit: NASA The winners for the…
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View of Moon Limb, with Earth on the Horizon. Credit: NASA Apollo 11 Mission Image Life on Earth would not be possible without the Moon;…
As NASA prepares for our return to the Moon, innumerable activities to equip, shelter, and otherwise support future astronauts are underway. These astronauts will be…
The composition of the Moon’s near side is oddly different from that of its far side, and scientists think they finally understand why. Credit: NASA/NOAA…
Illustration of NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) on the surface of the Moon. Credit: NASA Ames/Daniel Rutter NASA has awarded Astrobotic of Pittsburgh…
A falling boulder has left a clear trace on the lunar surface. Credit: NASA/GSFC/ASU A research team from ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute…
NASA is developing a nuclear reactor (shown in this artist’s rendition) that could power a human settlement on the moon. Credit: NASA It might sound…
Earth’s natural satellite taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during his Beyond mission on the International Space Station on 15 August 2019. Credit: ESA/NASA–L. Parmitano…
Illustration of Artemis astronauts on the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency’s Artemis program, one of which will…
ESA’s light-studded Rover Autonomy Testbed seen during night testing in Tenerife, intended to simulate the low light environment of the lunar poles. Credit: Fernando Gandía/GMV…
The heavily cratered surface of the Moon’s South Pole. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Research of an Apollo 17 sample, led by…
Setting up a future lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including…
Infrared (upper left) and other images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed strange bare spots where the Moon’s ubiquitous dust is missing. The spots suggest…
(Click image for full view.) August 10, 2018. Mines across the United States churn out all kinds of minerals, from potash to iron to gold.…
This artist’s concept shows the briefcase-sized Lunar Flashlight spacecraft using its near-infrared lasers to shine light into shaded polar regions on the Moon to look…
New Unified Geologic Map of the Moon with shaded topography from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). This geologic map is a synthesis of six…
The full Moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, March 19, 2011, in Washington. A full Moon is described as a…
Future moon bases could be built with 3D printers that mix materials such as moon regolith, water, and astronauts’ urine. Credit: ESA, Foster and Partners…
An Orion spacecraft docked with the lunar outpost called the Gateway. The Gateway is the next structure to be launched by the partners of the…
The Earth and Moon have distinct oxygen compositions and are not identical in oxygen new research suggests. Credit: UNM Scientists Find Earth and Moon Not…