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necro81 writes: ULA’s Vulcan rocket, many years in development, had a successful first launch this morning from Cape Canaveral. The expendable rocket, which uses two methane-fueled BE-4 engines from Blue Origin in its first stage, is the successor to t… Continue reading Moon Lander Problem Threatens Mission After Vulcan Rocket Makes Successful Debut
America’s privately owned and operated Peregrine lunar landing mission may be in peril due to a malfunction. An anomaly in the lander’s propulsion system discovered shortly after this morning’s launch may require the planned February landing to be scru… Continue reading America’s Peregrine lunar lander mission in jeopardy from fuel loss
The first US Moon landing mission in 52 years is on its way after Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One (PM1) lifted off this morning from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida atop a ULA Vulcan rocket at 2:18 am EST.Continue … Continue reading Peregrine launch sees US on way to the Moon after five decades
When the first US Moon landing mission since Apollo lifts off tomorrow, it will be launched into space by a new generation of rockets called Vulcan, which are powered by two methane engines and the longest single-segment solid rocket booster ever built… Continue reading US Moon mission to mark maiden flight of new Vulcan rocket
The BBC checks in on “the pioneers of space exploration — the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s.”
Ken Mattingly and Frank Borman died within a few days of each other late last year. Now on… Continue reading Whatever Happened to the Surviving Apollo Astronauts?
The White House has convened a last-minute meeting to discuss a private lunar mission, Peregrine Mission One, after the Navajo Nation requested a delay due to cultural concerns over the transport of human ashes for burial on the moon. “The moon holds a… Continue reading Navajo Nation Objects To Landing Human Remains On Moon, Prompting Last-Minute White House Meeting
Rolls-Royce gave us a glimpse of the nuclear future of next-generation spacecraft and Moon bases when it unveiled a mock-up of its Space Micro-Reactor Concept Model at the UK Space Conference in Belfast, which ran between November 21 to 31, 2023.Contin… Continue reading Rolls-Royce unveils mock-up of future Moon reactor
By the end of the decade, NASA’s Artemis program hopes to have placed boots back on the Moon for the first time since 1972. But not for the quick sightseeing …read more Continue reading Artemis’ Next Giant Leap: Orbital Refueling
The mystery of what created a pair of craters on the far side of the Moon has been put to rest after a new study from the University of Arizona confirmed that the most likely cause was a spent rocket booster from China’s Chang’e 5-T1 lunar mission.Cont… Continue reading Mystery of Moon rocket craters solved
An anonymous reader shares a report: A little more than three months ago the Indian space agency, ISRO, achieved a major success by putting its Vikram lander safely down on the surface of the Moon. In doing so India became the fourth country to achieve… Continue reading India Reveals That It Has Returned Lunar Spacecraft To Earth Orbit