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NASA contract Firefly to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit

Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)

"Firefly is honored to support the growing lunar infrastructure that's enabling the next generation of space exploration and unlocking new insights about the da...

Electrons from Earth may be forming water on the Moon

Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)

Understanding the concentrations and distributions of water on the Moon is critical to understanding its formation and evolution, and to providing water resourc...

The young age of permanently shadowed areas on the Moon

Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)

"These findings change the prediction for where we would expect to find water ice on the Moon, and it dramatically changes estimates for how much water ice ther...

Maduro says Venezuelan astronauts could go to Moon in Chinese spaceship

Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)

Maduro, whose oil-rich country is in profound economic crisis, has been in China since last week. In Beijing on Wednesday, he met with Xi, with the pair agreein...

Maduro says to send first Venezuelan to the Moon 'soon'

Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)

Maduro arrived in Beijing on Tuesday after a tour of Shanghai and other Chinese cities, meeting Xi on Wednesday and agreeing to "upgrade" ties with Beijing. Mad...

A new study characterizes regular Moonquakes

Sep 11, 2023 (SPX)

The new research is described in a study appearing in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets on September 5. Without an atmosphere to insulate it, the Mo...

NASA's LRO Observes Chandrayaan-3 Landing Site

Sep 11, 2023 (SPX)

The Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon on Aug. 23, 2023. The Chandrayaan-3 landing site is located about 600 kil...

Japan launches 'Moon Sniper' mission

Sep 07, 2023 (AFP)

Only the United States, Russia, China and as of last month India have successfully landed a probe on the Moon, with two failed Japanese missions -- one public a...

Korean lunar space environment payload ships to US for 2024 launch

Sep 05, 2023 (SPX)

LUSEM is a payload developed by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) in participation with the U.S. NASA's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Serv...

Renderings offer images of China's next-generation spacecraft

Sep 04, 2023 (XNA)

According to the renderings and their descriptions published by the China Manned Space Agency on Thursday, the lunar landing module will have two parts - a land...

NASA's LRO observes crater likely from Luna 25 impact

Sep 04, 2023 (SPX)

Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, published an estimate of the impact point on Aug. 21. The LROC (short for LRO Camera) team and the LRO Mission Operations team...

NASA spots new Moon crater, likely caused by crashed Russian probe

Sep 01, 2023 (AFP)

The finding was made by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) by comparing before and after images of the estimated impact point, provided by Russian space age...

Indian rover confirms sulphur on Moon's south pole

Aug 30, 2023 (AFP)

Last week, India became the first country to land a craft near the largely unexplored south pole, and just the fourth nation to land on the Moon. "The Laser-Ind...

Last 'Super Blue Moon' until 2037

Aug 30, 2023 (AFP)

Supermoons occur when the Moon passes through its perigee, or the point that takes it closest to Earth during its elliptical orbit. This makes it look about 14 ...

LRO data helping NASA prepare for Artemis astronauts on the Moon

Aug 30, 2023 (SPX)

As astronauts prepare to head back to the Moon for the first time since 1972, they have been trained on how to identify landmarks, spot geological features, and...

PSI study shows evidence of highly mobile lunar regolith

Aug 30, 2023 (SPX)

Another hypothesis is that dust that is electrostatically levitated is preferentially segregated and trapped by the magnetic field. The electrostatically-levita...

Kremlin vows to pursue Moon race after Luna-25 crash

Aug 29, 2023 (AFP)

The Luna-25 module crashed on the Moon's surface after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres. An Indian mission days later successfully landed near the Moon...

India's Moon mission a model for aspiring space powers: PM Modi

Aug 26, 2023 (AFP)

Chandrayaan-3 -- "Mooncraft" in Sanskrit -- touched down on the lunar surface on Wednesday, making India the first nation to land an unmanned craft near the lar...

Japan's 'Moon Sniper' mission looks to match Indian success

Aug 25, 2023 (AFP)

The rocket will carry a lander expected to reach the Moon's surface in four to six months as well as an x-ray imaging satellite designed to investigate the evol...

India and the global race to the Moon

Aug 25, 2023 (SPX)

India is one of several countries - including the U.S. with its Artemis program - endeavoring to land on the Moon. The south pole of the Moon is of particular i...