Under Artemis, NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the…
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Yutu-2 rover on lunar surface. Credit: CSNA/Siyu Zhang/Kevin M. Gill This study is led by Dr. Zhiyong Xiao (Planetary Environmental and Astrobiological Research Laboratory, School…
Illustration of Artemis astronauts on the Moon. NASA’s new Tipping Point opportunity and Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity seek to mature space technology, including those that…
A high-definition image of the Mars Australe lava plain on the Moon taken by Japan’s Kaguya lunar orbiter in November 2007. Credit: JAXA/NHK Last month,…
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Sophisticated analysis of a rock sample taken from the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission nearly 50 years ago revealed…
This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun, as it crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft’s Earth…
Animation of NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) on the surface of the Moon. Credit: NASA Ames/Daniel Rutter The test version of NASAEstablished in…
VIPER’s wheel maneuvers over a rock during endurance testing for the rover’s wheels. To make the test as realistic as possible, the team used rare…
Moon phases. A new study reveals how the diminutive Moon could have been an occasional magnetic powerhouse early in its history, a question that has…
Magma ocean artist’s concept. Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s…
This illustration depicts NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in the Block 1 cargo configuration as it leaves Earth. Credit: NASA Astronomers ended 2021 on a…
Artist’s illustration of China’s Chang’E 5 moon sample-return spacecraft. Credit: CNSA/NASA A joint research team led by Profs. LIN Yangting and LIN Honglei from the…
Why can you see the Moon during the day? Easy, because it’s there! It may seem odd to look up at the daytime sky and…
A vision of a future Moon base that could be produced and maintained using 3D printing. Credit: RegoLight, visualisation: Liquifer Systems Group, 2018 Humanity is…
December 6, 2021 Astronauts traveling within Earth’s largest artificial satellite can capture unique shots of the planet’s only natural satellite. Astronauts traveling within Earth’s largest…
MIT aerospace engineers are testing a concept for a hovering rover that levitates by harnessing the moon’s natural charge. This illustration shows a concept image…
A piercing tool built by ESA is set to open a Moon soil container from Apollo 17 that has gone untouched for nearly 50 years.…
Driving and walking rovers competed to survey a shadowy analog of the south polar lunar surface for useable resources during the inaugural ESA-ESRIC Space Resources…
Moon phases. The dusty surface of the moon — immortalized in images of Apollo astronauts’ lunar footprints — formed as the result of asteroid impacts…
Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World. Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek (ESO Photo Ambassador, Inst. of Physics in Opava) On Saturday, December…