After Sending a Tesla to Space, SpaceX Could Soon Send a Toyota to the Moon
25 Nov 2024, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA says it will ask SpaceX to deliver a rover to the Moon, and Blue Origin to do the same with a habitat
NASA Looking for Rover-Independent Means to Evacuate Astronauts on the Moon's Surface
18 Nov 2024, 11:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The South Pole Safety: Designing the NASA Lunar Rescue System is meant to allow one astronaut to evacuate another without the use of a rover
NASA Narrows Down Moon Landing Sites List, Nine Areas Now in the Cards
1 Nov 2024, 23:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced this week nine locations on the Moon that may become the actual landing site for the Artemis III mission
Human-Made SCAR-E Metal Spider Will Travel to the Moon to Mine It
11 Oct 2024, 10:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Private space company ispace and space startup Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC) will deliver a mining robot called SCAR-E to the Moon for testing
The Chinese Are Going to the Moon in Spacesuits Meant to Look Like Ancient Armor
1 Oct 2024, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) presented the spacesuit designed to serve the needs of the country's taikonauts on the surface of the Moon
We're Not Even Messing Up the Moon Yet, And NASA Gives $3M to Back Recycling Efforts There
1 Oct 2024, 09:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced the LunaRecycle Challenge as it is looking for new recycling technologies that could be used on the Moon
Anti-Gravity Trick: Europe to Tie Strings to Humans and Make Them Feel Like on the Moon
30 Sep 2024, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The LUNA Gravity-offloading System (aka Puppeteer) is being designed in Europe as a means to simulate lunar gravity conditions here on Earth
NASA Wants Atomic Clocks on the Moon, Doesn't Yet Know Where to Put Them
23 Sep 2024, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA is trying to wrap its head around the best way to create a Coordinated Lunar Time in light of upcoming exploration missions
Metal Sunflower Meant to Catch Energy on the Moon Deploys in Glorious Fashion
20 Sep 2024, 13:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Lunar Array Mast and Power System (LAMPS) power harvesting tool developed by Honeybee Robotics ends thermal vacuum testing over at the NASA
Reactor That Can Make Oxygen from Moondust Is Almost Ready for a Trip to Space
19 Sep 2024, 10:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space exploration company Sierra Space announced it reached a point where it can fly an oxygen extractor to the Moon for testing
NASA Giving People $10,000 for Drawings of the Moon and Mars, AI Not Allowed
17 Sep 2024, 11:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA launches the Moon to Mars Architecture Art Challenge as it seeks for images to promote its exploration projects
NASA Astronauts Could Use AI and Photos of the Horizon to Navigate the Moon
15 Sep 2024, 01:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA released some details on three optical navigation technologies being researched for the Artemis program.
NASA Looking to Establish a Logistics System on the Moon, Trash Management Included
20 Aug 2024, 10:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is asking the space industry's help to come up with ideas for a logistics system on the Moon to serve the needs of the future human presence there
NASA Killed America's First Robotic Moon Rover, VIPER Might Still Fly for Others
16 Aug 2024, 11:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA says it is looking at outside partners that could pick up the VIPER rover and eentually take it to the Moon
First Supermoon of 2024 Coming to the Sky Above You on August 19, They Call It Blue Moon
16 Aug 2024, 10:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first of four consecutive supermoons this year will occur on August 19, it's the Blue Moon that will light up the sky
Space Missions Will Require Cold Storage of Fuel for Months, NASA Pays for Good Ideas
15 Aug 2024, 10:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The second year of the NASA Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) program will focus on solutions for long-term cold storage of fuel
NASA Goes Full Steam Ahead With On-Demand Streaming Service Called NASA+
31 Jul 2024, 09:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced it will place all its weight behind the NASA+ on-demand streaming service, drops cable and over-the-air
Europe's First-Ever Moon Rover Is So Small Aliens Could Step on It
31 Jul 2024, 09:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A tiny rover funded by a small European space agency will head for the Moon by the end of the year to snatch samples on behalf of NASA
Rolls-Royce Is Making a Nuclear Reactor to Power the Moon
25 Jul 2024, 07:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British aerospace company Rolls-Royce says it secured a 4.8 million pounds ($6.2 million) award from the UK Space Agency to advance its micro nuclear reactor
NASA Spreads Its LEGS Antennas to Create a Continuous Comms Link with the Moon
23 Jul 2024, 13:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA announced plans to enhance the capabilities of the Near Space Network with the addition of six antennas called Lunar Exploration Ground Sites