July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... and their results. Why grow anything on the Moon? Because the Moon is important in the ‘stepping-stone approach’ to...to carry a self-sustaining ecosystem to the surface of Moon. Its science payloads included a unique biosphere experiment which ...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...the next logical step for NASA? Is it to return to the Moon, or press forward to Mars? With shrinking space budgets, a lack ...great interest if NASA were to invite partners to join a Moon exploration programme. “I even think China would be open to this...
13 September 2016
Scientists prove the Moon was created by a vaporised Earth
...expands to form an enormous superfluid disk from which the Moon eventually crystallises. This theory is more favoured as the... found in lunar samples. The duo’s findings show that Moon rocks are enriched in the isotope compared with Earth rocks ...
01 November 2016
New twist on Moon formation helps explain its weird orbit
... University of California, Davis and senior author on a paper recently submitted to Nature on this new research. However, if the Moon condensed from a disk of material rotating around Earth's equator, then it should be in orbit over the equator but...
13 October 2017
Moon Express and NanoRacks sign alliance for Moon missions
...commercial lunar opportunities.” “The primary goal of our alliance with NanoRacks is to ensure a great customer experience,” said Moon Express Founder & CEO, Bob Richards. “Our companies share a culture of customer focus, and together we will be able...
04 February 2019
The Moon is a mini-Earth suggests new research
... Houston, Texas, questions that assumption. Using a “bulk Moon” model composition similar to that of the Earth and factoring..., where the high pressure and temperature conditions of Moon’s interior can be simulated. “Researchers have analyzed small...
