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India's 2nd lunar mission orbiter detects charged particles on Moon

Oct 07, 2019 (Sputnik)

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had launched the mission, Chandrayaan-2, on 7 September, but suffered a setback after the lander Vikram lost contact w...

NASA seeks industry input on hardware production for lunar spacesuit

Oct 07, 2019 (SPX)

In a request for information (RFI) published on Oct.4 2019, NASA is seeking Industry feedback to help refine and mature the acquisition strategy for production ...

NASA opens call for Artemis lunar landers

Oct 02, 2019 (SPX)

The final call to industry comes after NASA issued two drafts on July 19 and Aug. 30, encouraging companies to send comments to help shape a key component of th...

ESA announces plans on first European manned mission to the moon

Oct 02, 2019 (Sputnik)

The ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, David Parker, told a space conference in Newport, Wales, earlier this week that a timeline for sending the fi...

Reconstructing the first successful lunar farside landing

Sep 25, 2019 (SPX)

Now, a research team, headed by LI Chunlai, corresponding author of this results and a professor of the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy o...

Magically exploring 'the Moon' from afar

Sep 25, 2019 (ESA)

Before people step onto unexplored planets and moons, they will orbit above them, remotely controlling rovers and robots on the surface to first explore these a...

NASA Administrator explores potential Artemis collaborations with Japan

Sep 25, 2019 (SPX)

"We have committed to continuing the close dialogue that has been the hallmark of collaboration between our two agencies," Bridenstine said. "The Moon is the fi...

Chinese researchers conduct in situ measurement of lunar dust at Chang'e-3 landing site

Sep 24, 2019 (XNA)

Using a temperature-controlled sticky quartz crystal microbalance onboard the Chang'e-3 lander, researchers from the Lanzhou Institute of Physics determined tha...

NASA Commits to Long-term Artemis Missions with Orion Production Contract

Sep 24, 2019 (SPX)

The agency has awarded the Orion Production and Operations Contract (OPOC) to Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colorado. Spacecraft production for the Orion progra...

NASA in megadeal with Lockheed for moon mission

Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)

The megadeal calls for a first phase including three capsules for $2.7 billion, for Artemis missions III to V -- to take astronauts back to the moon. Each capsu...

Lunar soil is a dangerous nuisance for astronauts

Sep 23, 2019 (SPX)

Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon 50 years ago, and his footprints in lunar soil will be there for million of years, according to NASA. There is no win...

Orion to face simulated rigors of space in last major testing before Artemis I

Sep 23, 2019 (SPX)

Slated to begin this fall, a team of engineers and technicians stand ready to test the spacecraft, consisting of the crew and service modules, under simulated e...

China's lunar rover discovers mysterious material on far side of Moon

Sep 20, 2019 (Sputnik)

The Chinese-language science outreach publication Our Space, which announced the findings on August 17, used the term "jiao zhuang wu", which can be translated ...

Kentucky companies give NASA Artemis missions a boost

Sep 20, 2019 (SPX)

NASA recognized three Kentucky businesses - Parker Hannifin Corp., American Synthetic Rubber Co., a Michelin company; and Eckart America Corp. - in Lexington an...

Audit faults NASA for failing to detect schedule delays for moon return

Sep 19, 2019 (Sputnik)

"For example, NASA should enhance contract management and oversight to improve program outcomes," the report said. "NASA's past approach in this area has left i...

Astrobotic and Spacebit aim eye first commercial UK lunar payload

Sep 19, 2019 (Sputnik)

Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander will be launched on a Vulcan Centaur rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The...

NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder Mission to Unique Lunar Orbit

Sep 16, 2019 (SPX)

The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) is expected to be the first spacecraft to operate in a nea...

Are we prepared for a new era of field geology on the moon and beyond?

Sep 12, 2019 (SPX)

Key to the success of these efforts will be careful field geology prior to sample collection. Here, Hodges and Schmitt discuss whether space agencies are fully ...

India locates missing Moon lander

Sep 10, 2019 (AFP)

The lander, called Vikram -- after the founder of India's space programme -- was due to touch down on the Moon in the early hours of Saturday, but contact was l...

China's lunar rover travels over 284 meters on moon's far side

Sep 10, 2019 (XNA)

Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe switched to its dormant mode for the lunar night on Friday (Beijing time), according to the Lunar Explorati...