April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
...allow this ‘mutual flourishing’. Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt retrieves lunar samples during his December 1972 mission, his spacesuit dirtied by clinging lunar dust. Lunar trustees In New Zealand, the governance of natural features with legal...
25 August 2021
Russia's Luna-25 mission postponed over 'problems during testing'
... China's Chang'e 3 on 14 December 2013, 37 years later. Luna-24 returned 170.1 g (6.00 oz) of moon samples to the Earth in August 1976, a gram of which was later swapped for a lunar sample from NASA in December the same year. While also equipped with...
June 2019
Does the speed of light change with time?
...Earth just 1.5 billion years ago. However, studies of lunar samples show conclusively that the Moon has existed separately from ...studying the Moon, she performed experiments with priceless Apollo lunar samples. In her spare time she used the Moon to...
02 December 2014
Roscosmos plans deep space exploration
Russia is planning to recommence its uncrewed lunar sample return activities, ceased since the last lunar lander flown in 1974. Plans include three uncrewed craft – Lunas 25, 26 and 27 – flying in 2023-25. Subsequently, Luna 28 and 29 ...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
...The robots are also expected to conduct a Mars sample return mission, reports Chinese state-owned media Global .... With a string of recent successes including the Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission, the deployment of Zhurong to the martian surface...
04 February 2019
The Moon is a mini-Earth suggests new research
...’s mantle than expected. “Scientists in the 1970s recognised the very low levels of some of these volatile elements in lunar samples,” Righter said. “Much lower than concentrations in the Earth. But lack of experimental data in the 1970s hindered...
