America to Make Its First Moon Landing in Decades on February 22, Here's How to Watch Live
21 Feb 2024, 08:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and Intuitive Machines are planning to land to Nova-C lander called Odysseus in the Malapert A region of the Moon on Thursday, February 22
Argonaut Is the Hi-Tech Space Truck Designed to Carry Cargo to the Moon
20 May 2023, 23:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Argonaut is the name of a Moon lander designed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and meant to supply cargo to astronauts on the Moon
The Clock Is Ticking for NASA’s InSight as Dust-Covered Spacecraft Nears Death on Mars
1 Nov 2022, 21:00 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's InSight lander is expected to be operational for a few more weeks. The spacecraft will die on the job, choked to death on Martian dust
NASA Wants to Crash-Land Spacecraft on Mars, Here's How They'll Do It
20 Oct 2022, 20:52 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA has tested the design of a lander concept named SHIELD, hurling a full-scale prototype of the base to the ground at 177 kph
NASA's Dust-Choked InSight Lander Is Running Out of Power on Mars
7 Oct 2022, 21:22 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's dying InSight lander is having a tough time on Mars. The spacecraft is receiving less and less sunlight, so its power levels are decreasing
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 Is Slamming Spacecraft to the Ground for a Good Reason
14 Dec 2021, 02:39 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA is testing spacecraft and hardware by dropping them on the ground repeatedly. This will help the agency prepare for a future sample return mission
Spacecraft Could Make Their Own Landing Pads as They Descend onto the Lunar Surface
26 Sep 2021, 00:26 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Landing on the rugged lunar surface might pose some serious risks for Artemis astronauts. This is why Masten is working to develop a FAST Landing Pad
Dust to Dust, and Moondust to Oxygen – We’re Going to Space to Be Miners
29 Aug 2021, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space agency is looking for ways to extract oxygen from lunar soil to advance the scope of the future human presence there
NASA’s Next Moon Rover Is the Size of a Suitcase
1 Oct 2019, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The CubeRover will be capable of performing long-range exploration missions as well, provided they do not exceed one week in length
NASA Cargo to Be Hauled to the Moon by Three Private Companies
6 Jun 2019, 13:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Orbit Beyond to fly missions to the Moon for NASA ahead of the human return there in 2024
NASA Releases Moon 2024 Mission Trailer
20 May 2019, 15:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shows in a three-minute video what it takes to return to the Moon in 2024 and the challenges posed by the attempt of staying there
Watch Clouds Move Above Mars as the Sun Rises and Sets
2 May 2019, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Weeks after sending back data on a Martian quake, NASA's InSight lander sends back photos showing clouds and the Martian sunrise and sunset
InSight Lander Films a 27 Seconds Solar Eclipse on Mars
13 Mar 2019, 15:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The entire eclipse lasted only 27 seconds, and the photo sequence that makes up the GIF compresses about 14 minutes of footage taken around noon
NASA Readies New Experiments for the Moon, Plans to Launch Them This Year
22 Feb 2019, 10:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In all, 12 such experiments have been chosen by NASA to be launched by the end of this year using American commercial partners
World’s First Private Moon Lander Launches on Falcon 9 Rocket
22 Feb 2019, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday carrying SpaceIL’s Beresheet lander, as well as an Indian communications satellite ca
Life Starts on the Dark Side of the Moon Onboard Chinese Lander Chang'e-4
16 Jan 2019, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Plants will eventually make enough oxygen to keep the fruit flies alive, while yeast will act as a decomposition agent for their waste
NASA InSIght Deploys First Instrument on Mars
21 Dec 2018, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SEIS was deployed on Mars by InSight. NASA expects the first data from SEIS will be sent back to Earth as soon as the instrument is in the right position
InSight Sister Lander ForeSight Works in Mock-Up Mars Environment at JPL
19 Dec 2018, 08:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The sister lander of the InSight is called ForeSight and is used to practice the placement of instruments to know in advance the challenges
NASA InSight Takes its First Selfie on Mars
12 Dec 2018, 09:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says the elements to be seen in the photo are the lander's solar panel and its entire deck, including its science instruments