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Astrolab’s FLEX Moon Buggy Flexes Serious Muscle on First Test Drive
Astrolab’s FLEX Moon Buggy Flexes Serious Muscle on First Test Drive

14 Mar 2022, 06:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The buggy has a modular payload interface and supports intermodal transportation, for sustainable mobility on the Moon and Mars

 
Fission Power Is What NASA Plans to Use to Take Over the Moon and Mars
Fission Power Is What NASA Plans to Use to Take Over the Moon and Mars

5 Mar 2022, 04:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is looking for ideas on how to build a fission surface power system for operations related to missions on the Moon and Mars

 
A 3-Ton Mysterious Rocket Body Allegedly Just Crashed Into the Far Side of the Moon
A 3-Ton Mysterious Rocket Body Allegedly Just Crashed Into the Far Side of the Moon

4 Mar 2022, 16:27 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The upper stage of a spent rocket has reportedly slammed into the far side of the Moon. Scientists will hunt for the signs of the impact

 
NASA's SUV-Size Europa Clipper Spacecraft Begins to Take Shape
NASA's SUV-Size Europa Clipper Spacecraft Begins to Take Shape

4 Mar 2022, 02:37 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA has started to assemble the Europa Clipper spacecraft. Once completed, the probe will be launched in 2024 to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa

 
Chinese Rover Finds Mysterious Glass Beads on the Far Side of the Moon
Chinese Rover Finds Mysterious Glass Beads on the Far Side of the Moon

24 Feb 2022, 01:20 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / China’s Yutu-2 rover has found something that scientists haven't seen before on the far side of the Moon: transparent glass spheres

 
Blast Moonstruck Is a $81K Sophisticated Watch for the Modern Astronomer
Blast Moonstruck Is a $81K Sophisticated Watch for the Modern Astronomer

17 Feb 2022, 08:17 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / If you never want to miss an eclipse, or knowing more about the moon and the sun, this luxurious, sophisticated watch could be a great choice

 
Spectacular Full Snow Moon Will Grace the Winter Sky This Week
Spectacular Full Snow Moon Will Grace the Winter Sky This Week

16 Feb 2022, 00:14 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / This week, we're in for an incredible spectacle. Tomorrow (Feb. 16) comes with a full Snow Moon that will light up the winter sky

 
Startup Company Ran by Ex NASA Boss Wants To Do Things Near the Moon
Startup Company Ran by Ex NASA Boss Wants To Do Things Near the Moon

3 Feb 2022, 17:23 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A startup company based in Maryland intends to build and deploy at least one robotic outpost near the Moon. It is run by a former NASA administrator

 
SpaceX Rocket Will Hit the Moon at Over 5,700 MPH, No One Will See the Impact
SpaceX Rocket Will Hit the Moon at Over 5,700 MPH, No One Will See the Impact

3 Feb 2022, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A leftover SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, launched back in 2015, will hit the surface of the Moon on March 4 at speeds of 9,288 kph (5,771 mph)

 
Small Autonomous Robots May Soon Infest the Moon to Dig Up Its Secrets, in 3D
Small Autonomous Robots May Soon Infest the Moon to Dig Up Its Secrets, in 3D

29 Jan 2022, 06:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Explorers (CADRE) is how NASA calls an army of robots that may map the Moon for us

 
Masten's Cutting-Edge System Could Help Robots Survive Freezing Lunar Nights
Masten's Cutting-Edge System Could Help Robots Survive Freezing Lunar Nights

28 Jan 2022, 18:23 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Masten Space Systems has developed a heating system that could help landers and rovers survive the long, cold lunar nights

 
Artemis I Countdown Timer Now Showing 15 Days Left to Launch, It's Dead Wrong
Artemis I Countdown Timer Now Showing 15 Days Left to Launch, It's Dead Wrong

28 Jan 2022, 14:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite the fact the NASA official countdown timer for the Artemis I mission shows 15 days left, it's likely the mission will depart toward the end of March

 
Wall-E’s Distant Cousin Will Map Not the Moon’s Trash, But Its Water
Wall-E’s Distant Cousin Will Map Not the Moon’s Trash, But Its Water

22 Jan 2022, 06:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover will land on the Moon in 2023 as “first resource mapping mission on another celestial body.”

 
First Full Moon of 2022, Known as the Wolf Moon, Will Put on a Show Tonight
First Full Moon of 2022, Known as the Wolf Moon, Will Put on a Show Tonight

17 Jan 2022, 15:05 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Tonight's full Wolf Moon will put on a show for stargazers. The Moon will appear greet the night sky for three days in a row

 
“Mysterious Hut” on the Far Side of the Moon Turns Out to Be Bunny-Shaped Rock
“Mysterious Hut” on the Far Side of the Moon Turns Out to Be Bunny-Shaped Rock

13 Jan 2022, 07:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Chinese Yutu 2 rover takes long detour to study strange formation spotted by accident, makes completely unsurprising discovery

 
Airbus Jumps on the Train Leading to the Most Remote Human Habitat in History
Airbus Jumps on the Train Leading to the Most Remote Human Habitat in History

11 Jan 2022, 15:43 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Airbus Crisa will be in charging with developing the power system for NASA's future Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO)

 
There’s So Much Water in the Solar System and Beyond It’s Surprising
There’s So Much Water in the Solar System and Beyond It’s Surprising

8 Jan 2022, 11:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says “the Solar System and beyond is awash” in water in various forms, substance is essential to the success of exploration missions

 
All-Metal Wheels of the VIPER Moon Rover Spin for 25 Miles in “High-Tech Sandbox”
All-Metal Wheels of the VIPER Moon Rover Spin for 25 Miles in “High-Tech Sandbox”

7 Jan 2022, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA reveals some details of the tests it performed on the wheels of the VIPER rover that will be sent to the Moon in 2023 to search for water

 
Amazon Alexa Is Going to the Moon on Artemis I, To Work Without Internet Connection
Amazon Alexa Is Going to the Moon on Artemis I, To Work Without Internet Connection

5 Jan 2022, 14:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin managed to integrate Amazon Alexa and Webex by Cisco into a single solution, to fly it on the Artemis I mission to the Moon

 
Forget About Wheeled Rovers, MIT Is Working on Vehicles That Use the Moon to Levitate
Forget About Wheeled Rovers, MIT Is Working on Vehicles That Use the Moon to Levitate

26 Dec 2021, 03:00 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Aerospace engineers from MIT are working on a revolutionary rover design that uses the natural charge of the Moon to levitate