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With competition among Earth’s telecoms providers as fierce as ever, equipment maker Nokia has announced its expansion into a new market, winning a deal to install the first cellular network on the moon. From a report: The Finnish equipment manufacture… Continue reading NASA and Nokia To Install 4G on Lunar Surface
NASA’s plans to return to the Moon involve not just safely landing humans on the surface, but putting in place the infrastructure to support a long-term lunar base. As part of this vision, the agency has selected Nokia to help it build the natural sate… Continue reading NASA and Nokia to build the first 4G network on the Moon
With space exploration becoming more accessible to more countries, cooperation will be key to making sure everything goes to plan. NASA has outlined the principles for that peaceful future in the Artemis Accords, and now a group of founding member nati… Continue reading Nations sign on to NASA’s Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration
Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: Scientists were able to, for the first time, measure radiation levels on the lunar surface, reports UPI, and nine days ago they published their results: that the radiation levels on the moon are 200 times stronger tha… Continue reading Researchers Finally Measured Radiation Levels On the Moon. They’re High.
The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has conceived some of the most interesting architecture projects we’ve seen on land, and even water, but its latest design is out of this world – literally. It involves the development of 3D-printed Moon habitats that coul… Continue reading BIG shoots for the Moon with 3D-printed lunar habitat plan
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has outlined a vision to become just the fourth nation to land on the lunar surface, announcing plans to develop and launch an Emirati-built rover by 2024. If successful, it will see the UAE become the first Arab country … Continue reading UAE plans first Arab mission to the Moon for 2024
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has outlined a vision to become just the fourth nation to land on the lunar surface, announcing plans to develop and launch an Emirati-built rover by 2024. If successful, it will see the UAE become the first Arab country … Continue reading UAE plans first Arab mission to the Moon for 2024
Radiation is one of the main dangers of space travel, and with renewed focus on sending human crews back to the Moon it’s important to understand the risks they face. Now we have the clearest data on that to date, thanks to a dedicated instrument onboa… Continue reading First Moon radiation measurements reveal risk to astronaut health
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On August 19th this year, astronomers using the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System observatory in Hawaii spotted an object destined to enter Earth orbit this fall. Designated as object 2020 SO, th… Continue reading Astronomers Discover Possible 60s-Era Moon Rocket Booster Heading Back To Earth
NASA has awarded a contract to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and its spinoff Astrobotic to complete development and build an autonomous Moon rover as a technology demonstrator and water prospector. Slated to launch on Dec. 7, 2022, the robotic explo… Continue reading MoonRanger robotic rover will seek out water on the Moon