08 April 2020
NASA funds vast radio telescope concept on far side of the Moon
... into turning a huge crater on the far side of the Moon into a giant radio telescope. NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts ... it will be tucked away out of sight from Earth, the Moon will act as a physical shield that isolates the telescope from the...
17 December 2020
Chang'e 5 probe returns to Earth with Moon rocks
... Satellite Launch Center soon were soon on hand to retrieve the capsule. During Chang'e 5's two days on the Moon, it collected two kilograms (4.5 pounds) of material in a volcanic area called Mons Ruemker in the Oceanus Procellarum – a region that...
November 2017
Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy
... States is bound. Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, a geologist and the first person initially trained as a scientist to walk on the Moon, photographed on 13 December 1972 during the third Apollo 17 EVA at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Article II of the...
November 2025
Unlocking the secrets of Europa
... feet (about 30 m) with its solar arrays deployed. It is equipped with a suite of sophisticated instruments designed to probe the moon’s secrets: REASON (Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding - ocean to near-surface): This ice-penetrating radar...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... so few countries have ratified it that can be deemed to be a failed treaty. Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Dec. 5, 1979, 1363 U.N.T.S. 3, (entered into force Jul. 11, 1984). 11 Outer Space Treaty...
March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... Trabona, ‘Dal piede di Armstrong l’idea per i miei Moon Boot’ for Corriere del Veneto in July 2009. Standing in...Century most representative of the history of world costume. And today Moon Boot is one of the few trademarks allowed in the Italian ...
