The restored image of Earthrise. A high-quality black and white image was colored using hues from the original color photos. Credit: NASA, Apollo 8 Crew,…
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ESA’s Juice spacecraft performed a critical maneuver to align for an Earth-Moon gravity assist in 2024, part of its eight-year mission to Jupiter. The maneuver…
NASA’s Artemis missions, aimed at extending lunar exploration, face new challenges with larger landers that pose greater operational risks. These missions must navigate complex lunar…
The restored image of Earthrise. A high-quality black and white image was colored using hues from the original color photos. Credit: NASA, Apollo 8 Crew,…
Researchers have presented a proof-of-concept study in Scientific Reports that illustrates the potential of using lasers to melt lunar soil, forming a durable material suitable…
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet documents field exploration in the lunar-like landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain. The engineers behind the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) worked with…
Artist’s impression of a Moon Base concept. It features solar arrays for energy generation, greenhouses for food production, and habitats shielded with regolith. Credit: ESA…
A “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse, also known as an annular solar eclipse, occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun but…
The Pragyaan rover captured this image of the Vikram Lander on August 30th, before lunar night enshrouded it in its frigid darkness. Credit: ISRO ISRO’s…
Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. Credit:…
A team is greater than the sum of its parts – the trio of legged robots during a test in a Swiss gravel quarry. Credit:…
The Maine Farmers’ Almanac started featuring Native American-inspired names for full Moons in the 1930s, which have since become well-known and commonly utilized. As per…
Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term, sustainable lunar…
Artist’s illustration of China’s Chang’e 5 lander on the Moon. Researchers have discovered that impact glass beads in Chang’e-5 lunar soils contain water. These glass…
A still image of the full disk of the Moon as it appeared on February 17, 2022. The region of the SOFIA observations is shown…
Artist’s impression of the Moon-forming event. Numerous moon formation theories have been suggested by researchers. Nonetheless, the most widely-accepted explanation, backed by the available evidence,…
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…
Rendering of Firefly’s Blue Ghost transfer vehicle deploying the European Space Agency’s Lunar Pathfinder satellite to lunar orbit. ESA’s Lunar Pathfinder is designed and developed…
Credit: Axiom Space When astronauts return to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years as part of NASAEstablished in 1958, the National…
NASA and the Department of Energy are collaborating to create an instrument called the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment – Night (LuSEE-Night), which can withstand the…