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Looking at data from NASA’s Voyager 2 collected during the deep space probe’s flyby of Uranus in January 1980, scientists have concluded that four of the planet’s known 27 moons may have oceans beneath their icy crusts.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, … Continue reading Moons around Uranus may have habitable oceans
Looking back at data from the geology experiments left on the lunar surface by the Apollo missions half a century ago, scientists have finally determined that the Moon has a solid core surrounded by a fluid outer core similar to the Earth’s.Continue Re… Continue reading Vintage Apollo data shows Moon has a solid inner core
Given the number of spacecraft (both crewed and uncrewed) that touched down on the Moon during the Space Race it’s sometimes hard to imagine why today, with all our modern …read more Continue reading Moon Mission Failures, or Why Are Lunar Landings So Hard?
Last week, I wrote about NASA’s technology demonstrator projects, and how they’ve been runaway successes – both the Mars rovers and the current copter came from such experimental beginnings. I …read more Continue reading Thinking Inside the Box
Japan’s attempt to put a privately-owned spacecraft on the Moon appears to have ended in failure. Scheduled to land in the Mare Frigoris region at 16:40 GMT, the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander lost contact with Mission Control in Nihonbashi, Tokyo shortly b… Continue reading Japan’s Hakuto-R Moon landing ends in silence
A piece of space history has sold at auction for US$744,994 after the moondust-besmirched checklist Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan wore on his spacesuited wrist during the last crewed lunar mission went on the block at RR Auctions.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Checklist from last Apollo lunar mission sells for almost US$800,000
China has invited Venezuela to join its lunar research station project as the country works to gain partners for the endeavor. SpaceNews reports: Venezuela would be the first country to join China and Russia in the International Lunar Research Station … Continue reading China Invites Venezuela To Join Moon Base Project
When SpaceX launches its lunar mission scheduled for 2026, it’ll be accompanied by Venturi Astrolab’s Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover, making it the largest, most capable rover to ever travel to the Moon.Continue ReadingCategory: Space,… Continue reading Game-changing FLEX rover joins SpaceX’s Moon mission
“SpaceX has its first commercial cargo contract to the lunar surface,” says Jaret Matthews, the founder of the tiny startup Astrolab which makes a moon rover the size of a Jeep Wrangler. The New York Times reports:
On Friday, Astrolab announced that i… Continue reading SpaceX’s Starship Gets Its First Commercial Contract to Moon’s Surface
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: The U.S., Soviet Union, and Japan have all sent robots to the moon over the past 50 years. Now, a group of college students is joining in by building a shoebox-sized rover that they plan to launch in Ma… Continue reading A Group of College Students Are Sending a Rover To the Moon