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Pakistan sends Cubesat to lunar orbit with China's assistance
May 11, 2024 (SPX)
Zhang Kejian, the director of the China National Space Administration, presented the data package to Khalil-ur-Rahman Hashmi, the Pakistani Ambassador to China,...
NASA Field Geology Training Enhances Artemis Mission Support
May 10, 2024 (SPX)
The two-and-a-half-day program mirrors aspects of the intensive training that astronauts undergo for missions to the Moon's South Pole, aiming to develop a shar...
Chang'e 6 mission successfully achieves lunar orbit
May 09, 2024 (SPX)
This operation was essential to slow the probe, which weighed 8.35 metric tons and had traveled nearly 113 hours on an Earth-moon transfer trajectory. The maneu...
OTPS calls for community feedback to shape lunar non-interference policies
May 09, 2024 (SPX)
Established in November 2021 within the NASA Administrator's office, OTPS collaborates across NASA and with the space community to supply NASA leaders with opti...
HKU Geologists reveal diverse volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 landing site
May 08, 2024 (SPX)
The Chang'e-6 mission, launched on May 3, 2024, and currently en route to the Moon, marks the first attempt to return samples from the lunar farside. It aims to...
China launches first probe to collect samples from far side of Moon
May 03, 2024 (AFP)
A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan province just before 5:30 pm (0930 GMT)...
China to launch first probe to return samples from Moon's far side
May 03, 2024 (AFP)
A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe is scheduled to blast off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province just before 5:30...
Lunar railway initiative aims to streamline moonbase logistics
May 02, 2024 (SPX)
"We want to build the first lunar railway system, which will provide reliable, autonomous, and efficient payload transport on the Moon," outlines the vision for...
Gateway progresses: Artemis IV readies for lunar assembly
May 01, 2024 (SPX)
NASA is gearing up to launch the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), depicted in the image's background, and the Power and Propulsion Element to lunar orbi...
China to launch Chang'e 6 spacecraft for moon mission
Apr 26, 2024 (SPX)
This mission follows the success of Chang'e 5, China's first lunar sample return mission, which collected moon rocks from the near side. Unlike its predecessor,...
China's Chang'e 7 lunar mission will host international instruments
Apr 25, 2024 (SPX)
Scheduled for launch in 2026, the Chang'e 7 mission will focus on investigating the lunar south pole, specifically examining the surface environment, water, ice...
Chang'e 7 mission set for lunar south pole survey in 2026
Apr 25, 2024 (SPX)
Announced in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, the mission aims to conduct comprehensive surveys and analyses of the lunar south pole's surface environment,...
China expands Space Station Program to include international astronauts
Apr 25, 2024 (SPX)
Three groups of astronauts have already been trained under this program, with the selection of a fourth group nearing completion. These astronauts will contribu...
Japan's SLIM survives 3rd lunar night, surprising designers
Apr 24, 2024 (UPI)
The Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, came back to life after emerging from the darkness and sent signals to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Age...
Japan Moon probe survives 3rd lunar night
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), dubbed the "Moon Sniper" for its landing precision, touched down in January -- making Japan only the fifth natio...
Large cargo landers to boost Moon missions for Artemis
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
These landers, which are based on the designs of current human lunar landers, will enable the delivery of up to 33,000 pounds (15 metric tons) of cargo, support...
Tsinghua University advances lunar habitat construction techniques
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
The research classifies regolith solidification methods into four primary categories: reaction solidification (RS), sintering/melting (SM), bonding solidificati...
NASA Goddard to Build Quake Detector for Artemis III Moon Landing
Apr 17, 2024 (SPX)
NASA selected the instrument, the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) as one of the first three potential payloads for Artemis III. LEMS is a compact, a...
Tiandu satellites enhance Earth-Moon communication with successful transmission tests
Apr 16, 2024 (SPX)
These satellites, which form part of China's ambitious space exploration initiatives, specifically aim to refine and enhance communication capabilities between ...
Lunar i-hab mockup completes acceptance review at Thales Alenia Space
Apr 16, 2024 (SPX)
The mockup, a full-scale version of the intended flight module, includes a structural representation of the living space and a cabin equipped with volumetric mo...
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