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If you didn’t live through it, it is hard to understand how excited the general public was about the race for the moon. You can capture some of it by …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: A View of the Moon from 1964
A South Korean lunar orbiter has captured the first before-and-after images of the Moon’s crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Associated Press reports: The Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Danuri spacecraft flew over the impac… Continue reading Before and After Views of SpaceX Rocket’s Moon Crash
A four-ton SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage left drifting after a 2025 lunar mission is expected to crash into the Moon at about 5,400 mph, likely striking Einstein Crater. The impact should occur at approximately 2:35 a.m. ET (0635GMT). Reuters reports: Su… Continue reading Watch a SpaceX Rocket Crash Into the Moon
“Space.com and The Guardian are reporting that the Falcon 9 upper stage leftover from the launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost-1 lander on Jan. 15, 2025 is due to impact the Moon on Aug. 5, 2026,” writes longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot. From a report:… Continue reading Drifting SpaceX Rocket Heading For Accidental Collision With the Moon
When the Artemis lunar program was first conceived, the third mission would have seen astronauts step foot on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. But …read more Continue reading NASA Announces Artemis III Crew and Ambitious Goals
NASA has outlined a three-phase plan to build a lunar base at the moon’s south pole. The first phase, from 2026 to 2029, will focus on robotic missions, landers, rovers, reactors, satellites, and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance test. Later pha… Continue reading NASA Details Its Plan to Build a Lunar Base At the Moon’s South Pole
Most people take the Moon for granted, not considering its slow cycle where the sun gradually illuminates different parts of it. A recent project from [Karsten Mueller] helps you keep …read more Continue reading Put the Moon on Your Desk
If you read a headline that signs of intelligent life were found on the moon, you might suspect a hoax. But they are there! Humans have dumped a lot of …read more Continue reading What Have We Dumped on the Moon?
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman posted an out-of-this-world iPhone video on Sunday, showing Earth disappear behind the Moon at 8x zoom. “I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view,” sa… Continue reading iPhone Video Shows ‘Earthset’ From Space
After Artemis II’s astronauts returned to earth, “NASA has Artemis III in its sights,” reports the Associated Press:
In a mission recently added to the docket for next year, Artemis III’s yet-to-be -named astronauts will practice docking their Orion c… Continue reading SpaceX, Blue Origin Compete For ‘Artemis III’ Mission