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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
Lockheed Martin has created a spinoff devoted to lunar infrastructure, Crescent Space, whose first project is a Moon-to-Earth satellite network. Engadget reports: Parsec, as it’s called, uses a constellation of small lunar satellites to provide a non-s… Continue reading Lockheed Martin Is Building a Moon-To-Earth Satellite Communications Network
Slashdot reader votsalo shares a report from the Guardian: Tiny glass beads strewn across the moon’s surface contain potentially billions of tons of water that could be extracted and used by astronauts on future lunar missions, researchers say. The dis… Continue reading Glass Beads On Moon’s Surface May Hold Billions of Tons of Water, Scientists Say
Japan may soon join a very exclusive club as its privately-led Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander went into orbit around the Moon on March 21 at 10:24 JST after completing a controlled main engine burn in anticipation of a landing attempt in late April.Co… Continue reading Private Japanese spacecraft enters lunar orbit ahead of landing attempt
The UK Space Agency has awarded Rolls-Royce a £2.9-million (US$3.5-million) contract to develop a demonstrator modular nuclear reactor that could be installed on the Moon by 2029 to support permanent human outposts on the lunar surface.Continue Reading… Continue reading Rolls-Royce to build nuclear reactor for future Moon base by 2029