Collaborate Disseminate
“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
“NASA is not properly estimating costs for the Artemis program and could spend $93 billion between fiscal years 2021 and 2025,” writes Slashdot reader schwit1. “NASA recently extended its target date for sending astronauts back to the moon to 2025 at t… Continue reading NASA’s Moon Landing Will Likely Be Delayed ‘Several Years’ Beyond 2024, Auditors Say
Northrop Grumman has entered into an agreement with AVL, Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Michelin to design and build a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to transport astronauts on the Moon’s surface for NASA’s Artemis project.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Northrop Grumman and partners to develop a new lunar rover for NASA
A new study by the Planetary Science Institute and UCLA confirms that there are areas in the lunar south polar region where frozen carbon dioxide could exist, raising hopes that there could be significant resources to support future Moon missions.Conti… Continue reading Cold traps that could contain solid CO2 confirmed on the Moon