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“It’s a rock. A small rock,” writes Slashdot reader BeerFartMoron. CBS News reports: China has discovered the explanation for the mysterious “hut” its Yutu 2 rover spotted on the moon late last year. As the lunar rover made a closer approach, a log of … Continue reading China Finds Explanation For ‘Mystery Hut’ Spotted On the Moon
Data from China’s Chang’E-5 lunar lander analyzed by an international team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that the robotic spacecraft has, for the first time, detected traces of water in the rocks and regolith on the Moon’s surface.Contin… Continue reading China’s Chang’E-5 lander finds first onsite evidence of water on the Moon
Is the unmistakable sound of the shuffling of LEGO pieces being dug through burned into your psyche? Did the catalog of ever more complex Technic pieces send your imagination soaring …read more Continue reading LEGOpunk Orrery Knows Just the Right Technics
“China has formally approved three missions targeting the south pole of the moon, with the first to launch around 2024…” reports Space.com, “each with different goals and an array of spacecraft.”
The trio make up the so-called fourth phase for the C… Continue reading China Speeds Up Moon Base Plan in Space Race Against America
Although we generally think of flying saucers as craft used by aliens in sci-fi movies, MIT scientists are now proposing utilizing one of their own design to explore the Moon. The vehicle would hover above the lunar surface via the force of electrostat… Continue reading MIT-designed “flying saucer” may one day hover its way across the Moon
“Apollo mission planners were really smart. Recognizing that future scientists will have better tools and richer scientific insights, they refrained from opening a portion of the lunar samples returned from the historic Apollo missions,” writes Gizmodo… Continue reading After 50 Years, Vacuum-Sealed Container From 1972 Moon Landing Will Finally Be Opened
After years of being a software developer, [Chris] was excited to get back into embedded development and we’re glad he did. His 3D printed lithographic moon lamp combines a number …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Lithographic Moon Lamp
As part of a month-long series of real-world and virtual events showcasing upcoming technology, Nissan has revealed a lunar rover prototype it’s currently working on with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Sc… Continue reading Nissan tests all-wheel control system in JAXA lunar rover prototype
“The thought of combining a printer (the bane of office workers) with the bacterium E. coli (the scourge of romaine lettuce) may seem an odd, if not unpleasant, collaboration,” writes the New York Times.
“But scientists have recently melded the virtu… Continue reading 3D Printer Using Living Ink Made of Microbes Could Print Healing Structures in Space
Here it is almost 2022 and we still don’t have our jet packs. But don’t feel bad. NASA astronauts wanted a lunar jetpack, but they didn’t get one either. [Amy] …read more Continue reading There were Almost Jet Packs on the Moon