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Nissan Aims for the Moon With New Lunar Rover Concept Built With JAXA
Nissan Aims for the Moon With New Lunar Rover Concept Built With JAXA

2 Dec 2021, 08:24 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Nissan have teamed up to build a new lunar rover vehicle, with battery-electric power and e-4ORCE technology

 
Skoda Enyaq-Inspired Autonomous Moon Rover Packs Star Trek Technology
Skoda Enyaq-Inspired Autonomous Moon Rover Packs Star Trek Technology

27 Nov 2021, 04:00 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / London-based Xtend Design has created a concept inspired by Skoda's SUVs that can withstand the harsh conditions of our natural satellite: meet the Luniaq

 
Intuitive Machines to Deliver CADRE Mapping Robots to the Moon in 2024
Intuitive Machines to Deliver CADRE Mapping Robots to the Moon in 2024

19 Nov 2021, 13:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA awards over $77 million to Intuitive Machines to have the CADRE robots and a bunch of other experiments delivered to the Moon in 2024

 
SLS Moon Rocket, Orion Capsule to Move to Launch Pad Soon, NASA To Make a Spectacle
SLS Moon Rocket, Orion Capsule to Move to Launch Pad Soon, NASA To Make a Spectacle

17 Nov 2021, 10:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says it will roll out the SLS-Orion combo to its launch pad by the end of winter, plans to conduct first tests shortly after

 
Northrop Grumman Announces Next-Gen Lunar Rover To Support Human Exploration of the Moon
Northrop Grumman Announces Next-Gen Lunar Rover To Support Human Exploration of the Moon

17 Nov 2021, 09:37 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Northrop Grumman and a team of experts from AVL, Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Michelin are working on developing the next-gen Lunar Terrain Vehicle.

 
Brace Yourselves: Upcoming Lunar Eclipse Is the Century’s Longest, Visible Across the U.S.
Brace Yourselves: Upcoming Lunar Eclipse Is the Century’s Longest, Visible Across the U.S.

15 Nov 2021, 05:49 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This week we'll witness a historic event - the partial lunar eclipse will last longer than any other lunar eclipse this entire century

 
Astronauts Prepare for Life in Space By Exploring Earth's Volcanic Hot Spots
Astronauts Prepare for Life in Space By Exploring Earth's Volcanic Hot Spots

10 Nov 2021, 14:06 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / A team of astronauts, engineers, and geologists will explore Spain's Canary Islands in preparations for future missions on Moon and Mars

 
Autonomous Rovers Being Tested in the SLOPE, NASA to 3D-Map the Moon With Them
Autonomous Rovers Being Tested in the SLOPE, NASA to 3D-Map the Moon With Them

4 Nov 2021, 16:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is testing the robots from the Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Explorers family in the Simulated Lunar Operations lab

 
National Geographic Cameras to Fly on Artemis II as Astronauts Circle the Moon
National Geographic Cameras to Fly on Artemis II as Astronauts Circle the Moon

1 Nov 2021, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA selected National Geographic to supply audiovisual hardware to film the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight to the Moon under the new program

 
NASA Clears Design of Its First Lunar Robot, It’ll Be Looking for Water on the Moon
NASA Clears Design of Its First Lunar Robot, It’ll Be Looking for Water on the Moon

28 Oct 2021, 13:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) nails the Critical Design Review, construction of the machine can begin

 
Europe Wants to Explore the Moon’s Commercial Opportunities in a Sustainable Way
Europe Wants to Explore the Moon’s Commercial Opportunities in a Sustainable Way

28 Oct 2021, 07:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / From space economy to cislunar economy - the Moon is becoming a strategic commercial hub, and the European industry wants to make sure it's done the right way

 
Standing 322 Feet High, NASA's Fully Stacked Rocket Is Taller than the Statue of Liberty
Standing 322 Feet High, NASA's Fully Stacked Rocket Is Taller than the Statue of Liberty

23 Oct 2021, 00:34 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The assembly of NASA's mega-Moon rocket is complete. The fully stacked spacecraft now stands 322 feet tall and it awaits final preparations for the Artemis I

 
NASA’s Water-Hunting Rover Prototype Is Coming Together, Moon Launch in 2023
NASA’s Water-Hunting Rover Prototype Is Coming Together, Moon Launch in 2023

22 Oct 2021, 10:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA has begun work on a prototype for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, testing the instruments the machine will carry to the Moon

 
Students Can Now Help NASA Design a Moon-Digging Robot
Students Can Now Help NASA Design a Moon-Digging Robot

21 Oct 2021, 03:01 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA is asking students to take part in a new challenge in which they have to design a robot that dig lunar dirt and transport it across the lunar surface

 
Cuff Checklist That Spent Hours on the Moon on Last Apollo Mission Set to Sell for $800K
Cuff Checklist That Spent Hours on the Moon on Last Apollo Mission Set to Sell for $800K

20 Oct 2021, 11:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The cuff checklist was worn on the wrist by Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan during the last outing on the lunar surface back in 1972

 
Full Hunter's Moon Is Rising This Wednesday, Will Outshine October's Biggest Meteor Shower
Full Hunter's Moon Is Rising This Wednesday, Will Outshine October's Biggest Meteor Shower

19 Oct 2021, 06:47 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On Wednesday, October 20th, we're getting treated to a big celestial event: the full Hunter's moon will illuminate the night sky, outshining the Orionids

 
Connectivity in Space: the Moon Will Soon Have Its Own Internet
Connectivity in Space: the Moon Will Soon Have Its Own Internet

16 Oct 2021, 06:29 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA plans to put astronauts back on the Moon by the middle of the decade with the Artemis program. To do so, it needs to take the power of internet to space

 
Orion Spaceship Service Module Crosses the Atlantic to Its Last Earthbound Stop
Orion Spaceship Service Module Crosses the Atlantic to Its Last Earthbound Stop

14 Oct 2021, 07:40 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / An Antonov aircraft is carrying the second European Service Module across the Atlantic to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

 
Aussie-Made Rover Will Help NASA Collect Rocks From the Moon
Aussie-Made Rover Will Help NASA Collect Rocks From the Moon

13 Oct 2021, 14:58 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Australia will develop a small rover to be included by NASA in a commercial lunar lander mission, as part of its Artemis program for Moon exploration

 
This Spectacular Moon Concept Motorcycle Opens the Door to a New Space Experience
This Spectacular Moon Concept Motorcycle Opens the Door to a New Space Experience

13 Oct 2021, 12:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Tardigrade, the mind-blowing concept motorcycle literally built for the moon, is ready to make its world debut in California