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Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is pausing its space tourism flights for “no less than two years” in order to focus all of its resources on upcoming missions to the moon, the company announced Friday. The decision puts a tem… Continue reading Blue Origin Announces Two-Year Pause in Space Tourism – to Focus on the Moon
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Universe Today: There’s a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the Moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by a 60-meter-wide asteroid. The chances of such an event are still relat… Continue reading Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has a 4% Chance of Hitting the Moon
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Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and have been landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study [published in … Continue reading Astronomers Finally Explain How Molecules From Earth’s Atmosphere Keep Winding Up On the Moon
“A mega rocket set to take astronauts around the Moon for the first time in decades is being taken to its launch pad,” the BBC reported this morning.
NASA is livestreaming their move of the 11-million-pound “stack” — which includes the Arte… Continue reading NASA Livestreams the Rocket That Will Carry Four Astronauts Around the Moon
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy plan to deploy a nuclear fission reactor on the Moon by 2030 to provide continuous, long-duration power for lunar bases, science missions, and future Mars exploration. space & defense reports: NASA said fissio… Continue reading NASA, Department of Energy To Develop Lunar Surface Reactor By 2030
A newly founded startup called GRU Space is taking deposits of up to $1 million to eventually build inflatable hotels on the Moon. The bet is that space needs destinations, not just rockets, even if the first customers are essentially early adopters of… Continue reading You Can Now Reserve a Hotel Room On the Moon For $250,000
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who was confirmed by the Senate just last week after a turbulent nomination process that stretched across most of 2025, said Friday that the United States will return to the moon within President Donald Trump’s second… Continue reading NASA Chief Says US Will Return To Moon Within Trump’s Second Term
Russia plans to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade to supply its lunar space programme and a joint Russian-Chinese research station, as major powers rush to explore the earth’s only natural satellite. Reuters: Ever since Soviet co… Continue reading Russia Plans a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon Within a Decade
Assuming you’re not stuck in a prison cell without windows, you could feasibly keep track of the moon and tides by walking outside and jotting things down in your notebook. …read more Continue reading A Stylish Moon And Tide Clock For The Mantlepiece
Theia crashed into earth and formed the moon, the theory goes. But then where did Theia come from? The lead author on a new study says “The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner Solar Sy… Continue reading Was the Moon-Forming Protoplanet ‘Theia’ a Neighbor of Earth?