Race for Moon Resources Begins, Oxygen Extraction Plant in the Works
27 Aug 2022, 03:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ESA selects the builder of an oxygen-extracting piece of hardware, meant to form the basis of future extraction plants on the Moon
NASA to Plant Vertical Solar Panels on the Moon, Pays Millions for Research
25 Aug 2022, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA selected Astrobotic Technology, Honeybee Robotics, and Lockheed Martin to develop vertical solar panels for use on the Moon
NASA's Ready for the Moon, Artemis I Mission Scheduled for Launch on August 29
23 Aug 2022, 02:03 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On August 29th, NASA will officially kickstart the Artemis program. The SLS rocket will blast off with Orion on top from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
This Is How Moon Colonies Will Look Like 500 Years From Now as Seen From Earth
22 Aug 2022, 14:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video simulation imagines how human colonies on the Moon will look like as seen from Earth, and the view is spectacular.
This Is Where NASA's Artemis Astronauts Could Land on the Moon
19 Aug 2022, 20:51 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA plans to bring humans back to the Moon in 2025. In order to set the stage for the next astronauts, the agency has selected 13 potential landing regions
This Small Rover With C-Shaped Legs Was Designed to Navigate the Rough Lunar Terrain
11 Aug 2022, 21:49 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Meet the Lunar Zebro, a small rover with unique C-shaped legs that was created to explore the rugged terrain of the Moon
Ready or Not, Here Comes the Lunar IceCube and You Can't Hide, Dear Moon Water
10 Aug 2022, 12:43 UTC · By: Camelia Bistrae / Integrated into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Lunar IceCube is the satellite that will closely investigate the lunar ice dynamics on the Moon's surface.
Shaun the Sheep Going to the Moon, Joins Campos Moonikin and Snoopy
3 Aug 2022, 11:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency will be sending a Shaun the Sheep doll to the Moon on the Artemis I mission, joins dedicated Campos dummy and a Snoopy doll
VIPER Lunar Rover Fights Quicksand and a Tilt Bed in Most Realistic Tests to Date
28 Jul 2022, 15:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA just completed the most realistic test to date of the VIPER lunar rover at the Simulated Lunar Operations (SLOPE) Laboratory
This Year’s Most Spectacular Supermoon, the Buck Moon, Raises the Alarm
11 Jul 2022, 02:14 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Watch out tomorrow for what it considered the biggest and brightest full moon of this year, but keep in mind the warnings
Microwave-Sized Probe Continues Trip to the Moon After Briefly Losing Contact With NASA
7 Jul 2022, 18:19 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / After its deployment of July 4th, NASA's CAPSTONE satellite suddenly went silent. However, the team managed to quickly re-establish contact with the probe
Oort Cloud Comet Heading This Way, Someone Imagined It Impacting the Moon
5 Jul 2022, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On July 14, a comet called C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) will reach its closest point to Earth, 168 million miles (270 million km) away, yet here it is hitting the Moon
This 3D-Printed Moon Base Was Designed to Blend Seamlessly With Its Surroundings
30 Jun 2022, 20:08 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / LINA is a 3D-printed Moon base designed to protect astronauts, rovers, and other payloads from the harsh lunar environment
NASA Kicks Off CAPSTONE's Historic Journey to the Moon
28 Jun 2022, 15:47 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On Tuesday, Rocket Lab's Electron rocket carried into space NASA's CAPSTONE, a small CubeSat that will help pave the way for the Lunar Gateway
Jeff Koons’ Moon Phases Sculptures Sell for $2 Million Apiece, Are Headed for the Moon
20 Jun 2022, 05:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Each Moon Phases sculpture of the 125-unit collection comes with an NFT and a physical counterpart for the one that will be planted on the Moon later this year
Wireless Chargers May Be Up and Running on the Moon Soon, Cables Be Damned
17 Jun 2022, 11:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A company called Astrobotic is working on a wireless charging system meant to keep hardware up and running during the long lunar nights
This Funky Little Thing Helps Hardware Survive Cold Nights on Alien Worlds
11 Jun 2022, 17:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A little device called Nighttime Integrated Thermal and Electricity converts propellant into thermal and electric power to keep hardware running
NASA Tests VIPER Prototype on Earth, Tricks It Into Believing It’s on the Moon
7 Jun 2022, 13:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is now hard at work testing the most advanced prototype of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER)
NASA to Send a Lander and a Rover to Explore the Moon's Mysterious Gruithuisen Domes
3 Jun 2022, 15:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Moon is full of mysteries and NASA plans to uncover some them by the end of the decade. The agency will send a lander and a rover to the lunar surface
NASA Testing Moon Space Station Engines, to Launch Them in 2024
3 Jun 2022, 12:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is currently hard at work testing the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) of the upcoming Gateway Moon space station