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Maduro says to send first Venezuelan to the Moon 'soon'
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
Maduro arrived in Beijing on Tuesday after a tour of Shanghai and other Chinese cities, meeting Xi on Wednesday and agreeing to "upgrade" ties with Beijing. Mad...
NASA's LRO Observes Chandrayaan-3 Landing Site
Sep 11, 2023 (SPX)
The Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon on Aug. 23, 2023. The Chandrayaan-3 landing site is located about 600 kil...
A new study characterizes regular Moonquakes
Sep 11, 2023 (SPX)
The new research is described in a study appearing in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets on September 5. Without an atmosphere to insulate it, the Mo...
Japan launches 'Moon Sniper' mission
Sep 07, 2023 (AFP)
Only the United States, Russia, China and as of last month India have successfully landed a probe on the Moon, with two failed Japanese missions -- one public a...
Korean lunar space environment payload ships to US for 2024 launch
Sep 05, 2023 (SPX)
LUSEM is a payload developed by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) in participation with the U.S. NASA's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Serv...
Renderings offer images of China's next-generation spacecraft
Sep 04, 2023 (XNA)
According to the renderings and their descriptions published by the China Manned Space Agency on Thursday, the lunar landing module will have two parts - a land...
NASA's LRO observes crater likely from Luna 25 impact
Sep 04, 2023 (SPX)
Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, published an estimate of the impact point on Aug. 21. The LROC (short for LRO Camera) team and the LRO Mission Operations team...
NASA spots new Moon crater, likely caused by crashed Russian probe
Sep 01, 2023 (AFP)
The finding was made by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) by comparing before and after images of the estimated impact point, provided by Russian space age...
Indian rover confirms sulphur on Moon's south pole
Aug 30, 2023 (AFP)
Last week, India became the first country to land a craft near the largely unexplored south pole, and just the fourth nation to land on the Moon. "The Laser-Ind...
LRO data helping NASA prepare for Artemis astronauts on the Moon
Aug 30, 2023 (SPX)
As astronauts prepare to head back to the Moon for the first time since 1972, they have been trained on how to identify landmarks, spot geological features, and...
PSI study shows evidence of highly mobile lunar regolith
Aug 30, 2023 (SPX)
Another hypothesis is that dust that is electrostatically levitated is preferentially segregated and trapped by the magnetic field. The electrostatically-levita...
Last 'Super Blue Moon' until 2037
Aug 30, 2023 (AFP)
Supermoons occur when the Moon passes through its perigee, or the point that takes it closest to Earth during its elliptical orbit. This makes it look about 14 ...
Kremlin vows to pursue Moon race after Luna-25 crash
Aug 29, 2023 (AFP)
The Luna-25 module crashed on the Moon's surface after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres. An Indian mission days later successfully landed near the Moon...
India's Moon mission a model for aspiring space powers: PM Modi
Aug 26, 2023 (AFP)
Chandrayaan-3 -- "Mooncraft" in Sanskrit -- touched down on the lunar surface on Wednesday, making India the first nation to land an unmanned craft near the lar...
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' mission looks to match Indian success
Aug 25, 2023 (AFP)
The rocket will carry a lander expected to reach the Moon's surface in four to six months as well as an x-ray imaging satellite designed to investigate the evol...
India and the global race to the Moon
Aug 25, 2023 (SPX)
India is one of several countries - including the U.S. with its Artemis program - endeavoring to land on the Moon. The south pole of the Moon is of particular i...
India's rover sends mission's first photos from moon's south pole
Aug 24, 2023 (UPI)
The 57-pound Pragyaan rover slid down a ramp deployed by the Vikram lander Wednesday and will now start its scientific work of roaming around rocks and material...
Indian rover begins exploring Moon's south pole
Aug 24, 2023 (AFP)
Pragyan -- "Wisdom" in Sanskrit -- rolled out of the lander hours after the latest milestone in India's ambitious but cut-price space programme sparked huge cel...
NASA selects geology team for the first crewed Artemis landing
Aug 24, 2023 (SPX)
"Science is one of the pillars of Artemis," said Dr. Nicky Fox, NASA Science Associate Administrator. "This team will be responsible for leading the geology pla...
Profound lessons to be learned from modern-day lunar missions
Aug 24, 2023 (XNA)
The Russian lunar detector was sent into lunar orbit on August 11 and had hoped to beat India's Moon Mission-3 to become the first to land on the south pole reg...
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