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May 01, 2019 (SPX)

Observers watching January's total eclipse of the Moon saw a rare event, a short-lived flash as a meteorite hit the lunar surface. Spanish astronomers now think...

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

Apr 30, 2019 (XNA)

The lander woke up at 7:40 a.m. Monday, and the rover, Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), awoke at 1:45 p.m. Sunday. Both are in normal working condition, according to the...

Magma is the key to the moon's makeup

Apr 30, 2019 (SPX)

Many theorists believe a Mars-sized object slammed into the early Earth, and material dislodged from that collision formed the basis of the moon. When this idea...

What's on the far side of the Moon?

Apr 29, 2019 (The Conversation)

Only one side of the spherical Moon is ever visible from Earth - it wasn't until 1959 when the Soviet Spacecraft Luna 3 orbited the Moon and sent pictures home ...

China Plans to Build Base Near South Pole Outdoing US Apollo Missions

Apr 29, 2019 (Sputnik)

The aim is quite a departure from what NASA attained as a result of its six successful Apollo missions that landed in close proximity to the Moon's equator, but...

Kennedy Scientist Leading Team to Combat Lunar Dust

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

A team at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida may have the solution. The technology launched to the space station April 17, 2019, from Wallops Flight Facilit...

NASA accepts challenge of sending American astronauts to Moon in 2024

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

"We've been given an ambitious and exciting goal. History has proven when we're given a task by the president, along with the resources and the tools, we can de...

Challenging Ourselves to Create the Next Generation of Lunar Explorers

Apr 16, 2019 (SPX)

While the Beresheet spacecraft can claim many accomplishments, including being the first privately funded lunar spacecraft, we can learn many things from its fa...

Meteoroid strikes eject precious water from moon

Apr 16, 2019 (SPX)

The findings will help scientists understand the history of lunar water - a potential resource for sustaining long term operations on the Moon and human explora...

Moon's South Pole in NASA's Landing Sites

Apr 16, 2019 (SPX)

Water is a critical resource for long-term exploration, and that's one of the main reasons NASA will send astronauts to the Moon's South Pole by 2024. Water is ...

Lunar gravity 600 kilometres above Earth

Apr 12, 2019 (SPX)

After its launch on 3 December 2018, DLR engineers successfully tested and commanded the spacecraft. The experiments were then put into operation on 5 December....

Billionaire plans second mission to the moon for Israel

Apr 12, 2019 (UPI)

On Saturday, the SpaceIL chairman said on Channel 12's Meet the Press, "we started something and we need to finish it. We'll put our flag on the moon." The 5-fo...

Bridgestone Joins International Space Exploration Mission with JAXA and Toyota

Apr 12, 2019 (SPX)

Bridgestone has partnered with both organizations to research this next phase of human exploration, building on a joint research partnership with JAXA in the 20...

To get to the Moon in 2024, the rocket is just NASA's first headache

Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)

His firm has continued to specialize in the advanced technology required for space travel and is a natural candidate to help the US space agency in its quest to...

Israeli spacecraft crashes during moon landing: mission control

Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)

"We didn't make it, but we definitely tried," project originator and major backer Morris Kahn said in a live videocast from mission control near Tel Aviv. "I th...

ESA boosts startup to the Moon

Apr 08, 2019 (ESA)

PTScientists are planning to launch lunar landers and rovers as a regular service in the future, with an inaugural flight expected in 2020. Specialists from ESA...

Israeli spacecraft starts orbiting moon on maiden voyage

Apr 04, 2019 (AFP)

The move -- known as a "lunar capture" -- shifted the unmanned Beresheet craft into an elliptical orbit that brought it within 500 kilometres (310 miles) of the...

SpaceIL lunar lander in orbit around moon ahead of touchdown

Apr 04, 2019 (UPI)

On Thursday, the first privately funded lunar lander, a small Israeli spacecraft named Beresheet, successfully inserted itself into orbit around the moon. Engin...

Lunar lander firm OrbitBeyond eyes Florida for new facility

Apr 03, 2019 (UPI)

The board at Space Florida, the state's economic development agency for space, moved toward an agreement Monday to provide $1 million worth of assistance or hel...

URI researcher calculates temperature inside moon to help reveal its inner structure

Apr 01, 2019 (SPX)

She found the temperature to be between 1,300 and 1,470 degrees Celsius, which is at the high end of an 800 degree range that previous scientists had determined...