28 January 2019
Oldest Earth rocks found on the Moon
... home grown sample that found its way to the Moon a long time ago - an interpretation that Kring suspects...others scientists will find controversial. Nonetheless, the surface of the Moon is big and the sample collection returned so far is small...
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 ...
12 June 2019
Mysterious mass found under Moon's South Pole
... suggested another possible explanation; a concentration of dense oxides that formed in the final stages of cooling when the moon was covered in magma oceans billions of years ago. However, as reasonable as it might sound, even the researchers cannot...
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 ...
02 October 2020
Nasa funds ICON to develop a 3D construction system for the moon
... could support a sustainable, long-term presence on the Moon. Known as “Project Olympus”, the private firm has teamed...up with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center under the Moon to Mars Planetary Autonomous Construction Technologies (MMPACT) project...
