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NPR reports: Back in September, India’s hopes for a historic first ended — inconclusively. High hopes had been riding on its Chandrayaan-2 orbiter. The spacecraft was sending a landing vehicle down to the moon — an operation that, if successful, woul… Continue reading 2 Months After Failed Moon Landing, India Acknowledges Its Craft Crashed
One of the great things about ham radio is that isn’t just one hobby. Some people like to chit chat, some like to work foreign countries, some prepare for emergencies, and there are several space-related activities. There are hundreds of different kinds of activities to choose from. Just one is …read more
If the current Administration of the United States has their way, humans will return to the surface of the Moon far sooner than many had expected. But even if NASA can’t meet the aggressive timeline they’ve been given by the White House, it seems inevitable that there will be fresh …read more
The big expense in getting people to orbit or the moon or any other space destination is the cost of escaping the Earth’s gravity. One often-proposed solution involves building a giant space elevator from some point on the Earth to orbit. That sounds great, but the reality is the materials …read more
Continue reading Moon Elevator Could Be Sooner Than You Think
An anonymous reader shares a report: In a paper [PDF] published on the online research archive arXiv, Columbia astronomy students Zephyr Penoyre and Emily Sandford proposed the idea of a “lunar space elevator,” which is exactly what it sounds like — a… Continue reading A Lunar Space Elevator Is Actually Feasible and Inexpensive, Scientists Find
India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon was, in a word, ambitious. Lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on July 22nd, the mission hoped to simultaneously deliver an orbiter, lander, and rover to our nearest celestial neighbor. The launch and flight to the Moon went off without a hitch, …read more
An anonymous reader quotes Space.com:
India’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter attempted to drop a lander named Vikram near the lunar south pole yesterday afternoon (Sept. 6), but mission controllers lost contact with the descending craft when it was just 1.3 mi… Continue reading Chandrayaan-2’s Orbiter Is Still Going Strong
It’s a big day for India’s highly audacious Chandrayaan-2 mission. From a report: The nation will attempt to land its lunar orbit on the moon’s surface shortly as it inches closer to become the fourth in the world to complete a successful lunar landing… Continue reading Watch India’s Chandrayaan-2 Make Its Historic Moon Landing Attempt
pacopico writes: Aerospace technology has gotten better. The price of rocket launches has come down. So much so that a group of space friends in Silicon Valley now think it’s possible to create their own settlement on the moon for less than $3 billion…. Continue reading Silicon Valley Heavyweights Fire Up Plan For an Open Lunar Settlement
An anonymous reader quotes CNET:
China’s Yutu-2 rover, launched as part of the Chang’e 4 mission, is the first-ever robot to explore the far side of the moon. Since landing in January, it’s snapped gorgeous views of the lunar surface and made one unex… Continue reading On the Far Side of the Moon, China’s Rover Discovers a Strangely-Colored Gel-Like Substance