A full Moon, known as a Harvest Moon, rises over Washington on September 19, 2013. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls The Next Full Moon is the Harvest…
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Animation of NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) on the surface of the Moon. Credit: NASA Ames/Daniel Rutter NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics…
Credit: Anna Nesterova University of Arizona aerospace and mining engineers are mapping out a plan for harvesting the moon’s resources using autonomous robot swarms and…
Credit: NASA NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the…
This month we’ll get to see a Full Moon on August 22, 2021, known by some early Native American tribes of the northeastern United States,…
Mysterious Iron Nanoparticles: Planetary Scientists Find Evidence of Solar-Driven Change on the Moon
PhD student discovers that solar radiation could be a more important source of lunar iron nanoparticles than previously thought. Tiny iron nanoparticles unlike any found…
As NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National…
Conceptual design of Gravitational-wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology on the surface of the moon. Credit: Karan Jani Vanderbilt astrophysicist Karan Jani has led a series…
The thorium concentration across the vast South Pole – Aitken Basin on the lunar farside reveals the distribution of mantle materials violently ejected during the…
The Moon is covered with craters and rocks, creating a surface “roughness” that casts shadows, as seen in this photograph from the 1972 Apollo 17…
The far side of the Moon always faces away from the Earth, making communications from lunar equipment there much more challenging. Fortunately, relay communication satellites…
This mini-panorama combines two photographs taken by Apollo 15 lunar module pilot Jim Irwin, from the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) site, at the…
Apollo 15 lunar module pilot Jim Irwin loaded the lunar rover with tools and equipment in preparation for the first lunar spacewalk at the Hadley-Apennine…
Animation of NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) on the surface of the Moon. Credit: NASA Ames/Daniel Rutter As any seasoned road-tripper knows, to…
The Peregrine Ion-Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS), an instrument that will explore how water molecules, possibly created on the surface by the solar wind, are released…
Illustration of an Artemis astronaut on the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA is preparing to establish a regular cadence of trips to the Moon under Artemis.…
Credit: NASA Many cultures name full Moons, and while the names differ, we can all agree that June’s full Moon was a sweet sight to…
The Moon rises as a Metrorail car crosses the Potomac River in Washington D.C. on July 16, 2019 – 50 years to the day after…
Commercial landers will carry NASA-provided science and technology payloads to the lunar surface, paving the way for NASA astronauts to land on the Moon by…
Placing habitats by lunar South Pole. Credit: SOM A detailed concept for a lunar habitat, created by one of the world’s leading architectural firms with…