January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... in the near-equatorial region of the lunar nearside, where all the Apollo missions (and the robotic Luna sample-return missions of the former Soviet Union) were sent. We do not yet have samples of this material...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... be allowed to keep its memories. Now, with human activity on the Moon dating from the crash landing of Luna 2 in 1959, the Moon is also the custodian of human memories in the form of spacecraft and imprints from astronauts...
February 2022
An interplanetary transportation system
... with nuclear power and propulsion (provided by Arizona State University students Cody Halminiak, Dylan Leigh, Kimberly Luna, Ryan Owen, Kristian Peterson, and Christopher Washburn in their Capstone Engineering Design Course). System design Rockets...
February 2023
The scientific basis for lunar helium-3 production
... - the basis of carbon-free energy. Helium-3 content Studies of helion content in samples delivered by the Soviet Luna-16, -20 and -24 spacecraft, and by American astronauts, showed that it was about 7.43×10-5 m3/tonne; in terms of physical chemistry...
09 August 2016
Yutu, the Chinese Moon Rover, Dies on the Moon
...'s data gathering helped discover a new type of basalt, different from samples found by Apollo astronauts and the Luna landers. Its ground-penetrating radar was able to scan under the lunar surface and locate a top...
10 December 2018
First far side of the Moon mission underway
...'s light). The first grainy pictures to reveal scant details of the surface were first taken by the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft back in 1959. Less than a decade later in 1968, astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft became the...
