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China’s landmark lunar sampling mission has drawn to a close, with the Chang’e-5 lander touching down in Mongolia with the first rocks and dust collected from the Moon in decades. Described as one of the most challenging endeavors the country has ever … Continue reading China’s lunar sampler lands in Mongolia with Moon dust onboard
If everything goes according to plan, China will soon become the third country behind the United States and the Soviet Union to successfully return a sample of lunar material. Their Chang’e 5 mission, which was designed to collect 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of soil and rock from the Moon’s surface, …read more
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China’s landmark Chang’e-5 mission has passed another milestone, with the spacecraft’s lander successfully lifting off from the Moon to dock with the orbiter module after gathering samples from the surface. This marks a first for China, and sets the st… Continue reading Chang’e-5 nails docking and transfers lunar samples for return to Earth
A landmark mission to collect rocks and dust from the surface of the Moon is progressing as planned, with China’s Chang’e-5 lander safely touching down on the lunar surface nine days after lift-off. If the next phases of the mission prove equally succe… Continue reading China’s Chang’e-5 lunar sampler makes it to the Moon
Sure, the SpaceX crew made it safely to the ISS, but there’s plenty happening beyond just that particular horizon. The Chinese National Space Administration have launched their Chang’e 5 mission to collect and return lunar rock samples, a collaboration between NASA and ESA to do the same with samples from …read more
An extremely odd project is planning to hold a remote-controlled car race next October … On the surface of the Moon. What’s more, the two racecars will be partially designed by high school kids, and McLaren P1 designer Frank Stephenson is involved.Co… Continue reading There will be a remote-control car race on the Moon in 2021. Seriously.
The China National Space Administration is pressing ahead with its trailblazing lunar exploration program, following last year’s historic Chang’e-4 touchdown with a new mission to bring Moon rocks back to Earth for study. The Chang’e-5 mission successf… Continue reading China launches first mission to collect Moon rock samples since 1976
Northrop Grumman has announced that its Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module has passed its preliminary design review. The module, which forms a key element of NASA’s Gateway deep space outpost, will act as a way station for future missions t… Continue reading HALO space habitat module passes preliminary design review
A group of astronomers from The University of Texas at Austin has revived an idea shelved by NASA to build a lunar liquid-mirror telescope on the moon to study the first stars in the universe. “The team, led by NASA Hubble Fellow Anna Schauer, will pub… Continue reading Texas Astronomers Revive Idea For ‘Ultimately Large Telescope’ On the Moon
A relic of the 1960s Space Race may be paying Earth a brief visit with NASA announcing that a rocket booster from the 1966 Surveyor 2 robotic Moon lander mission is suspected to have returned from deep space and taken up temporary orbit around the Eart… Continue reading Booster rocket from 1966 Surveyor 2 may have returned to Earth orbit