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NASA has awarded service contracts worth up to US$3.5 billion through 2034 to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide new space suits to the agency and private firms, for use on the International Space Station (ISS) and on the Moon.Continue Readin… Continue reading NASA awards contracts for next-generation space suits it’ll rent
To keep the lights on in NASA’s Artemis human lunar outpost, Sandia National Laboratories is developing electrical micro-grids to handle the power distribution from the Moon base’s mini nuclear reactors to the various living and support facilities.Cont… Continue reading Sandia developing micro-grids to power future Moon base
The field of lunar agriculture has taken a big step forward, with scientists reporting the first ever plants grown in soil from the Moon. While the process resulted in something far from an edible meal, the team’s success marks a significant milestone … Continue reading Scientists grow plants in lunar soil for the first time ever
The prospect of growing crops on the moon has edged a little closer after researchers nurtured plants — some more successfully than others — in lunar soil for the first time. From a report: Scientists planted thale cress seeds in moon dust brought ba… Continue reading Cress Seeds Grown in Moon Dust Raise Hopes for Lunar Crops
The Moon may look like a big dry ball, but there’s more water up there than you might expect. In a new study, scientists have shown that at least some of it could have been showered onto the lunar surface from the Earth’s atmosphere.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Water from Earth’s atmosphere may be raining onto the Moon
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Helga and Zohar are headed for a trip around the Moon on an important mission, measuring radiation risks for female astronauts for the first time. The inanimate pair are manikins modeled after the body … Continue reading NASA Is Sending Artificial Female Bodies To the Moon To Study Radiation Risks
In 1972 — half a century ago — Charles Moss Duke walked on the moon.
Now 86 years old, he’s ready for America to get back to exploring the moon, reports the Associated Press:
Duke said he does not begrudge NASA for ending the Apollo progra… Continue reading 50 Years After Walking on the Moon, an Astronaut Anticipates Our Return
NASA and partners are developing backpack-sized technology for future Moon explorers that will allow them to map and navigate the lunar surface in the darkness of the high polar regions to within a centimeter without GPS.Continue ReadingCategory: Space… Continue reading NASA laser backpack promises GPS-free Moon mapping and navigation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Putin said Russia is working on a “next-generation transport ship,” as well as a nuclear-powered space tug. And, according to Russian media reports, Putin added, “We will resume the lunar program.”… Continue reading Putin Says Russia Will Resume Lunar Program
CNET points out the far side of the moon — the one that never faces earth — is “rugged, spotted with tons of craters” and “filled with totally different elements.”
“In essence, our moon has two faces, and scientists are still trying to so… Continue reading Computer Simulation Explores Why the Moon’s Far Side Looks So Different