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Chinese scientists find potential in lunar soil to generate oxygen and fuel
May 08, 2022 (XNA)
The researchers with Nanjing University showed that the lunar sample brought back by China's Chang'e-5 probe contains active compounds that can convert carbon d...
China releases Chang'e-5 payloads' scientific datasets
May 08, 2022 (XNA)
The payloads include a landing camera, a panoramic camera, a lunar mineralogical spectrometer and a lunar regolith penetrating radar, said the CNSA. Public user...
Lunar soil has the potential to generate oxygen and fuel
May 06, 2022 (SPX)
Nanjing University material scientists Yingfang Yao and Zhigang Zou hope to design a system that takes advantage of lunar soil and solar radiation, the two most...
NASA Goddard scientists begin studying 50-year-old frozen Apollo 17 samples
May 04, 2022 (SPX)
This research is part of the Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis Program, or ANGSA, an effort to study the samples returned from the Apollo Program in advanc...
Canada to prosecute crimes on the Moon
Apr 28, 2022 (AFP)
The change to the law -- which MPs voted 181 to 144 in favor -- was described in a 443-page budget implementation bill presented to Parliament this week. Ottawa...
Chinese research institutions set to receive 4th batch of lunar samples
Apr 27, 2022 (XNA)
The samples, which weigh 8.768 grams, will be distributed to scientists at 11 research institutions, according to a notice issued by the Lunar Exploration and S...
Microrobot collectives display versatile movement patterns
Apr 27, 2022 (SPX)
Each robot is slightly bigger than a hair's width. They are 3D printed using a polymer and then coated with a thin top layer of cobalt. Thanks to the metal the ...
China starts engineering development of lunar exploration program's fourth phase
Apr 26, 2022 (XNA)
The Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8 lunar probes will be launched successively, and the country will endeavor to make breakthroughs in key technologies and b...
China mulls mission on far side of moon
Apr 26, 2022 (XNA)
Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration, said the United States, Russia and China have brought lunar substances back to Earth, but...
China looking at sending robotic probe to far side of moon
Apr 26, 2022 (XNA)
Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration, said on Friday that the United States, Russia and China have brought lunar substances bac...
Where no satnav has gone before
Apr 22, 2022 (ESA)
"This engineering model of our NaviMoon receiver is the very first piece of hardware to be produced in the context of ESA's Moonlight initiative, to develop ded...
NASA, partners develop 'lunar backpack' technology to aid moon explorers
Apr 22, 2022 (SPX)
The Kinematic Navigation and Cartography Knapsack (KNaCK) is a mobile lidar scanner - a remote sensing method that uses light detection and ranging laser light ...
Moon dust Neil Armstrong collected sells for more than $500,000
Apr 15, 2022 (UPI)
Five samples of the NASA-verified moon dust and the NASA container they're held in from the Apollo 11 mission sold for $504,375 on Wednesday, which was far belo...
Pop goes the Moon
Apr 15, 2022 (ESA)
Francesca McDonald, science and project lead of ESA's contribution to the Apollo Next-Generation Sample Analysis (ANGSA) programme, is pictured at the centre of...
New tests evaluate mission readiness of astronauts upon landing
Apr 14, 2022 (SPX)
Once they land, their whole body - including muscles, bones, inner ear, and organs - starts readjusting to Earth's gravity. Astronauts often report feeling dizz...
NASA names winners of Lunar Robotics Design Contest
Apr 08, 2022 (SPX)
Fifteen-year-old Shriya Sawant of Cumming, Georgia, was the winner from grades 6-12 with her RAD: Regolith Accretion Device design. Nine-year-old Lucia Grisanti...
ESA astronaut performs simulated polar Moon landing
Apr 08, 2022 (ESA)
The ESA-led 'Human-In-the-Loop Flight Vehicle Engineering' technology study investigated the added performance benefit offered by human oversight of lunar landi...
'Moon landing' performed with DLR Robotic Motion Simulator
Apr 08, 2022 (SPX)
ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori tests manoeuvres The motion simulator was developed at the DLR Institute of System Dynamics and Control and allows for extreme til...
Differences between the moon's near and far sides linked to colossal ancient impact
Apr 08, 2022 (SPX)
Now, researchers have a new explanation for the two-faced Moon - one that relates to a giant impact billions of years ago near the Moon's south pole. A new stud...
MDA joins Lockheed Martin and General Motors on next generation lunar rover development
Apr 06, 2022 (SPX)
The addition of MDA to the industrial lunar vehicle development team follows the announcement of a teaming agreement by Lockheed Martin and General Motors in 20...
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