Collaborate Disseminate
While the dark side of the moon wasn’t seen by humans until the middle of the 20th century, that side of the moon isn’t always dark, just hidden from view of Earth by a quirk of gravity. The more appropriate name for the other half of the moon is the …read more
Under the current Administration, NASA has been tasked with returning American astronauts to the Moon as quickly as possible. The Artemis program would launch a crewed mission to our nearest celestial neighbor as soon as 2024, and establish a system for sustainable exploration and habitation by 2028. It’s an extremely …read more
NASA is exploring the potential of building an enormous radio telescope on the far side of the Moon in a vast, hollowed-out crater. The telescope’s reflector would be comprised of a 1-km (0.6-mile) diameter wire mesh that would be pulled into place by … Continue reading NASA funds concept for gigantic radio telescope on far side of Moon
On April 11, 1970, at 19:13 GMT, Apollo 13 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atop the giant Saturn V booster sat Command Module 109 and Service Module 109, which together formed CSM-109 (otherwise known as Odyss… Continue reading “Houston, we’ve had a problem”: The story of NASA’s most successful failure
NASA has selected a lunar-crater radio telescope idea to receive funding through its NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, the agency announced on Tuesday. The Phase I award goes to projects in very early stages of development. CNET reports… Continue reading NASA Contemplates Turning a Moon Crater Into a Giant, Powerful Telescope
NASA has awarded a US$75.9-million contract to Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California, to produce and operate eight lunar mission payloads, including nine science and technology instruments to be delivered to the lunar surface in 2022. The objectiv… Continue reading Masten Space Systems selected to deliver payloads to lunar south pole
Scientists are exploring the potential of using the urine of astronauts to help build some of the first moon bases. By using resources harvested from the Moon, with a little help form astronauts too, it is hoped that lunar settlers will be able to cut … Continue reading Astronaut pee could help build 3D-printed moon bases
NASA has selected SpaceX to carry cargo to the space agency’s deep-space Gateway outpost. Under the first Gateway Logistics Services contract to be awarded to a US company, SpaceX will deliver pressurized and unpressurized supplies, experiments, and it… Continue reading NASA contracts SpaceX for supply missions to Gateway outpost
NASA is building a Moon-mining robot and is asking for public help to improve it. The Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR) bucket challenge is accepting new designs to tweak the technologies needed to mine ice and other materials… Continue reading NASA calls on public to help improve RASSOR Moon-mining robot
schwit1 shares a report from IEEE Spectrum: Here on Earth, our lives have been transformed by the Global Positioning System, fleets of satellites operated by the United States and other countries that are used in myriad ways to help people navigate. Do… Continue reading Can Astronauts Use GPS To Navigate On the Moon?