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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on Monday the identity of the passenger signed to visit the moon, set to launch on the company’s Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) vehicle: Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. Mr. Maezawa, 42, is the founder of Japan’s Start Today,… Continue reading SpaceX Will Send Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Around the Moon
SpaceX announced Thursday that it’s booked the world’s first private passenger to the moon. The private aerospace company said on Twitter the unnamed traveler would board its Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) to the moon, where only 24 people have ever traveled…. Continue reading SpaceX Says It Signed First Private Passenger To the Moon
A University of Glasgow team explores the subtle art of capturing asteroids without killing everybody. Continue reading Scientists Map Out How to Nudge Small Asteroids into Earth’s Orbit
According to a new study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists have found the first direct evidence of frozen water on the Moon’s poles. “The discovery is based on data gathered by the Moon Mineralogy Mappe… Continue reading Scientists Find Direct Evidence of Ice On the Moon
Skywatchers are being treated to the longest “blood moon” eclipse of the 21st Century. From a report: As it rises, during this total eclipse, Earth’s natural satellite turns a striking shade of red or ruddy brown. The “totality” period, when light from… Continue reading ‘Blood Moon’, the Longest Total Lunar Eclipse of the Century, Underway
On July 27, the moon is set to glide through Earth’s shadow to create a red total lunar eclipse for one hour and 43 minutes — the longest such eclipse of the young century. Viewers in the United States will have to watch the eclipse online as they’re … Continue reading This Week’s Total Lunar Eclipse Is the Longest of the Century
Europa is irradiated by Jupiter’s intense magnetosphere, but you don’t have to dig far before life finds a way (theoretically). Continue reading Signs of Alien Life on Europa Might Only Be Centimeters Under the Surface
An anonymous reader shares a report: While the legal status of the Moon as a “global commons” accessible to all countries on peaceful missions did not meet any substantial resistance or challenge, the Outer Space Treaty left further details unsettled. … Continue reading Who Owns the Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers
Bloomberg Businessweek Middle East reports:
India’s space program wants to go where no nation has gone before — to the south side of the moon. And once it gets there, it will study the potential for mining a source of waste-free nuclear energy that co… Continue reading The Quest To Find Nuclear Fuel On the Moon
The case is the latest of many contentious battles between NASA and private citizens over ownership of lunar material. Continue reading A Woman Is Suing NASA Over a Vial of Moon Dust From Neil Armstrong