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Scientists raised key questions of solar wind-moon interaction
Oct 12, 2023 (SPX)
Many small-scale remanent magnetic fields are scattered over the lunar surface and, just as planetary magnetic fields protect planets, they are believed to dive...
Removal of magnetic spacecraft contamination within extraterrestrial samples easily carried out
Oct 12, 2023 (SPX)
However, researchers have grappled with how such a small planetary body could have sustained a long-lived magnetic field. Some have even questioned the legitima...
Wanted: bright ideas to develop the lunar economy
Oct 10, 2023 (ESA)
Hundreds of missions to the Moon are due to be launched in the coming years. To create a sustainable lunar link, ESA has initiated its Moonlight programme to su...
Firefly Aerospace completes Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Structure
Oct 05, 2023 (SPX)
"The Firefly team is extremely passionate and dedicated to overcoming any challenge knowing the important role these missions will have in paving the way for th...
Lunar ambitions boost space funding as investment set to reach $33 billion by 2032
Oct 04, 2023 (SPX)
Market expansion is anticipated to continue fueling global investment and, over the next decade, Moon exploration is expected to achieve a remarkable 5% 10-year...
China invites Chang'e-8 lunar probe mission global collaboration
Oct 04, 2023 (XNA)
The Chang'e-8 mission is open to all countries and international organizations for collaboration at either mission, system or single-machine levels in order to ...
China's next robotic lunar probe open to foreign science payloads
Oct 04, 2023 (XNA)
Wang Qiong, deputy head designer of the Chang'e 8 mission, said on Monday at the ongoing 74th International Astronautical Congress in Baku - capital of Azerbaij...
NASA to begin critical testing of updated engines for future Artemis missions
Oct 03, 2023 (UPI)
The assessments mark the final round of certification testing ahead of production of the RS-25 engines for the SLS rocket, NASA said in a statement. The engines...
Chang'e 6 scheduled for lunar landing next year
Oct 01, 2023 (XNA)
So far, the Chang'e 6 project has progressed smoothly and according to plan, the administration said in a news release on Friday. To facilitate communications b...
Listening to the Radio on the Far Side of the Moon
Sep 28, 2023 (SPX)
The first step to listening for it is a pathfinder project known as the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night, or LuSEE-Night. The experiment is slate...
Heating and cooling space habitats isn't easy
Sep 27, 2023 (SPX)
Once there, their eventual goal is to set up a base. But a successful base - along with the spacecraft that will carry people to it - must be habitable for huma...
Chinese researchers explore building underground Moon shelter
Sep 26, 2023 (XNA)
During Moon's early days, when the upper layer of lava flow cooled and hardened, molten rock may have continued to flow beneath, forming relatively stable and f...
Moon crew visits European powerhouse
Sep 23, 2023 (ESA)
Exciting developments are taking place in preparation for NASA's Orion spacecraft's next journey to the Moon. The four astronauts will be part of this second mi...
NASA report looks at societal considerations for Artemis
Sep 22, 2023 (SPX)
NASA will set precedents for decades to come as it implements Artemis activities, including landing the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, estab...
Germany signs the Artemis Accords
Sep 19, 2023 (SPX)
He was accompanied by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Executive Secretary of the U.S. National Space Council Chirag Par...
Exploring the lunar south pole: lessons from Chandrayaan-3
Sep 18, 2023 (SPX)
The Moon rover, Chandrayaan-3, which recently completed its 14-day mission, made history by landing on the lunar south pole. Dr Laura McKemmish, an astrochemist...
Electrons from Earth may be forming water on the Moon
Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)
Understanding the concentrations and distributions of water on the Moon is critical to understanding its formation and evolution, and to providing water resourc...
The young age of permanently shadowed areas on the Moon
Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)
"These findings change the prediction for where we would expect to find water ice on the Moon, and it dramatically changes estimates for how much water ice ther...
NASA contract Firefly to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit
Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)
"Firefly is honored to support the growing lunar infrastructure that's enabling the next generation of space exploration and unlocking new insights about the da...
Maduro says Venezuelan astronauts could go to Moon in Chinese spaceship
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
Maduro, whose oil-rich country is in profound economic crisis, has been in China since last week. In Beijing on Wednesday, he met with Xi, with the pair agreein...
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