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 ...
28 February 2017
The future is here: Elon Musk announces commercial flights to the Moon
... to launch a commercial flight carrying two crew members to the Moon in 2018. The press conference came as a surprise to many... “been approached to do a crewed mission to beyond the Moon by some private individuals”. While not providing much detail on ...
10 December 2018
First far side of the Moon mission underway
...Chang'e 3 lunar probe, which took up residence on the Moon in December 2013. But there a few welcome updated additions...'e 4 continues China’s ambitions of eventually sending astronauts to the Moon and to one day establish a lunar base. The nation has...
18 March 2019
A habitat prototype for NASA’s Moon-orbiting Gateway
... opportunity to have crew,” Bridenstine said. “When we go back to Apollo, we remember that we landed 12 astronauts on the surface of the Moon over a period of three years, 1969 to 1972. Each one of those missions was to the equatorial regions of the...
