06 October 2017
Volcanic activity gave the early Moon an atmosphere
... in composition to the rocks found in Hawaii, however the lunar basalts contain significantly less water. This new study, conducted by...ago and that the maximum atmospheric pressure at the lunar surface could have reached around 1.5 times higher than...
06 July 2018
ESA investigates health risk of living on the Moon
...throats and watering eyes - symptoms that soon earned the title of “lunar hay fever.” The culprit? As a barren, practically airless world, ... of Apollo sample containers. To assess just how hazardous lunar dust is for humans on a long-stay mission to...
31 May 2021
JAXA to send a transforming robot to the Moon in 2022
...technologies and knowledge. In particular, the crewed pressurised rover will play an important role in developing mobility on the lunar surface for sustainable exploration activities,” Vice President of JAXA, Hiroshi Sasaki, says. Plans for the rover...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
... such thinking is not comparable to the 1960s when John F Kennedy launched the US on a fast-track and competitive lunar trajectory. “The situation is very different today,” he explains. “Maybe it’s me throwing out the idea first,” he suggests. “Now...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
...Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Coupled with the capabilities enabled by the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, these missions will usher in a new era of exploration of the Moon and its resources...
11 October 2019
Spacebit unveils its design of the UK's first Moon rover
... Earth days) as it is unlikely the small spider-bot would be able to withstand the perishing night conditions on the lunar surface. Although space missions are generally the reserve of large organisations and governmental space agencies, Astrobotic...
