22 August 2018
Definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon's surface
... measures reflected light from the illuminated regions on the Moon. In the cold, dark depths of the permanently shadowed... light in those areas. To add to the difficulties, as the Moon does not have an atmosphere, any light that does bounce off the...
02 October 2018
New technique could provide fresh insights into how the Moon was formed
... team of scientists might soon be able to determine how the Moon was formed. It has been nearly 50 years since the crew...rays off a common green mineral – olivine – found in the Moon rock samples to study them in greater detail than ever before. ...
03 January 2019
Chinese goddess lands on far side of the Moon
...be the largest, oldest and deepest crater on the Moon’s surface. Official confirmation of the landing came via state... the Grand Canyon. It is believed to have formed in the Moon’s early history during a collision which likely threw up material from ...
10 May 2019
Bezos unveils Moon mission with Blue Moon lander
... destination; Shackleton crater. This important impact crater lies at the Moon’s south pole and is of interest to many with plans ...Mike Pence for their goal of returning American astronauts to the Moon as soon as 2024, ‘because we started three years ...
05 July 2019
JAXA, DLR to cooperate on Martian moons mission
... entering a quasi-stationary orbit (QSO) around Mar’s moons and performing various observations as it circles overhead. A...operate the rover once it is safely ensconced on the Martian moon surface. JAXA is no stranger to sending spacecraft to other-...
27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... being sidelined and activities on or around the surface of the Moon that do not contribute to the goal of landing humans on ...in lunar orbit used as a platform for astronauts heading to the Moon and a key element of NASA's Artemis program – could be ...
