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India to launch another Lunar probe to in early 2020s with Japan

Sep 10, 2019 (Sputnik)

The Japanese embassy in New Delhi confirmed on Monday said the two country's space agencies will launch a lunar probe in the early 2020s. "JAXA and ISRO are pla...

NASA Goddard Creates CGI Moon Kit as a Form of Visual Storytelling

Sep 09, 2019 (SPX)

Smartphones have allowed millions to become amateur photographers, but capturing the perfect picture can still be difficult under certain conditions. So, imagin...

India loses contact with spacecraft trying to land on Moon

Sep 07, 2019 (AFP)

India had hoped to become just the fourth country after the United States, Russia and China to successfully land on the Moon. But as Prime Minister Narendra Mod...

India loses contact with Moon lander

Sep 07, 2019 (AFP)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to comfort glum scientists and a stunned nation from mission control in Bangalore, saying India was still "proud" and claspi...

NASA Science Experiments to be Delivered to Moon by Commercial Landers

Sep 06, 2019 (SPX)

The device, a neutral mass spectrometer dubbed SEAL, is one of four instruments from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland that will fly on ...

Chandrayaan-2 Completes Second De-Orbiting Manoeuvre Ahead of Historic Landing: ISRO

Sep 05, 2019 (IANS)

"With this manoeuvre, the required orbit for the Vikram Lander to commence it descent towards the surface of the Moon is achieved," ISRO said in a statement. On...

Pull Me to the Moon: Scientists Revolutionize Space Lift Concept to Save Cash on Lunar Missions

Sep 02, 2019 (Sputnik)

Scientists have come up with an interesting twist on the old concept of space lift, which should, in theory, significantly cut the cost of future Lunar missions...

Ttiny satellites that will pave the way to Luna

Sep 02, 2019 (The Conversation)

But building a moon base and actually living on the moon will require careful planning. First, we need to identify and map available lunar resources, including ...

SLS Rocket Engine Section Completed for Artemis I

Sep 02, 2019 (SPX)

The engine section, shown on the right beside the rest of the assembled stage, was covered with scaffolding used for assembly and checkout. On Aug. 29, NASA and...

Chandrayaan-2's Third Lunar-Bound Orbit Manoeuvre Performed Successfully: ISRO

Aug 29, 2019 (IANS)

"The manoeuvre was performed successfully Wednesday beginning at 9:04 hours IST, using the on-board propulsion system. The duration of the exercise was 1,190 se...

NASA offers $7B in contracts to accelerate work towards 2024 Moon landing target

Aug 29, 2019 (Sputnik)

NASA is offering $7 billion to take the first steps for an accelerated US return to the lunar surface within five years, writes Bloomberg Business. The proposal...

Chandrayaan-2 Captures First Image of Moon Showing Mare Orientale Basin, Apollo Craters

Aug 27, 2019 (IANS)

"Take a look at the first Moon image captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander taken at a height of about 2650 km from Lunar surface on August 21, 2019. Mare Orie...

China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for ninth lunar day

Aug 27, 2019 (XNA)

The lander woke up at 8:10 a.m. Sunday, and the rover, Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), awoke at 8:42 a.m. Saturday, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program...

NASA Seeks BIG Ideas from Universities for Tech to Study Dark Regions on the Moon

Aug 23, 2019 (SPX)

NASA is engaging the university community for ideas to help achieve some of these activities through its annual Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG)...

Seeking innovative ideas for exploring lunar caves

Aug 22, 2019 (ESA)

While the surface of the Moon has been well-documented with cameras on board several satellite missions, relatively little is known about the presence and natur...

MDA selected to build robotic interfaces for Canadarm3 on Lunar Gateway

Aug 21, 2019 (SPX)

The Gateway External Robotic Interfaces will act as critical touch points for the eXploration Large Arm (XLA) and the eXploration Dexterous Arm (XDA), the major...

Astrobotic selects United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur Rocket for its first Moon mission

Aug 21, 2019 (SPX)

"We are so excited to sign with ULA and fly Peregrine on Vulcan Centaur. This contract with ULA was the result of a highly competitive commercial process, and w...

Thomas Pesquet on a new underwater lunar adventure

Aug 21, 2019 (ESA)

Testing new technology, tools, techniques and training programmes for space exploration starts on Earth and space agencies head to extreme environments to put t...

India's Moon probe enters lunar orbit

Aug 20, 2019 (AFP)

After four weeks in space, the craft completed its Lunar Orbit Insertion as planned, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement. The inse...

NASA asks American companies to deliver supplies for Artemis Lunar missions

Aug 20, 2019 (SPX)

Commercial supply services will support the agency's Artemis lunar exploration program which includes sending the first woman and the next man to surface of the...