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Airbus to develop the Power Management and Distribution System for key Lunar Gateway module
Jan 12, 2022 (SPX)
Airbus Crisa is a Spanish company founded in 1985 to design and manufacture electronic equipment and software for space applications, and engineering projects f...
China's lunar rover travels over 1km on the moon
Jan 10, 2022 (XNA)
The administration said on Saturday that the distance traveled by the rover reached 1 km on Thursday evening. As of late that night, the robot had moved about 1...
How scientists designed the orbit of the Chang'E 5 mission
Jan 05, 2022 (SPX)
First, an overview of the Chang'E 5 mission profile is presented. The Chang'E 5 spacecraft was composed of four modules: an orbiter, a lander, an ascent module,...
China plans missions to moon's south pole
Jan 04, 2022 (XNA)
Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the administration, said China would carry out lunar exploration in the future Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8 missions. As pla...
Carbonaceous chondrite impact responsible for lunar water: study
Dec 30, 2021 (XNA)
The impact event is believed to be related with carbonaceous chondrites, a water-rich class of asteroids, according to Liu Yang with the National Space Science ...
NASA Selects New Members for Artemis Rover Science Team
Dec 28, 2021 (SPX)
What other questions could VIPER answer? NASA sought ideas and recently chose eight new science team members and their proposals that expand and complement VIPE...
MIT engineers test an idea for a new hovering Lunar rover
Dec 27, 2021 (SPX)
Because they lack an atmosphere, the moon and other airless bodies such as asteroids can build up an electric field through direct exposure to the sun and surro...
Opening a 50-year-old Christmas present from the Moon
Dec 20, 2021 (ESA)
Analysis of the gaseous volatiles will allow scientists to better understand the geology of the Moon and help engineers to design better sampling tools and tech...
CesiumAstro accelerates Active Phased Array Payload development for Lunar applications
Dec 20, 2021 (SPX)
High-performance communication links for lunar and deep space missions are essential to large scale lunar infrastructure and operations. Core factors to deliver...
Production of electricity on the Moon is in the hands of Estonians
Dec 20, 2021 (SPX)
The results of the research activity are planned to be used to provide electricity to future lunar outposts of the European Space Agency (ESA) and its internati...
Preparations underway for moon landing
Dec 20, 2021 (XNA)
Dong Nengli, head of the agency's technology bureau, said at a news conference at the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Friday aft...
Lunar robot wars
Dec 17, 2021 (ESA)
The Space Resources Challenge - supported by ESA and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) in Luxembourg - is asking European (and Canadian) re...
Advanced analysis of Apollo sample illuminates Moon's evolution, cooling
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
Apollo 17 astronauts collected the rock sample troctolite 76535 from the Moon's surface in 1972, and it remains one of the most scientifically valuable samples ...
Spelunking on the moon: New study explores lunar pits and caves
Dec 15, 2021 (SPX)
Now, researchers at CU Boulder have set out to explore what the environment might be like inside some of these shadowy features-many of which are too dark to se...
Nigeria, Rwanda become first African countries to join NASA's Artemis Accord
Dec 13, 2021 (UPI)
They are the 22nd and 23rd countries to sign the accord overall. The cooperation between U.S. and African space agencies comes with a pledge to advance space ex...
Chinese Yutu-2 rover embarks on weeks-long 80-metre journey to reach Moon Cube
Dec 10, 2021 (Sputnik)
According to VICE, however, there's a good reason why it may take about two to three lunar days, "or two to three months on Earth," for the rover to reach the o...
Mirror, mirror, on the Moon
Dec 09, 2021 (ESA)
MoonLIGHT or Moon Laser Instrumentation for General relativity/geophysics High-accuracy Tests is seeking the answer to this and more questions on general relati...
China's lunar rover spots cube-like object on Moon, sparking curiosity
Dec 08, 2021 (XNA)
Yutu 2, the lander and rover of the Chang'e 4 probe, captured an obscure but intriguing image about 80 meters from its location during the mission's 36th lunar ...
Artemis I landing spot abandoned over weather; mission remains on schedule
Dec 08, 2021 (UPI)
"At present, we are on track to have a fully successful mission with some bonus objectives that we've achieved upon the way," Artemis I Mission Manager Mike Sar...
China's manned moon landing possible before 2030: scientist
Dec 06, 2021 (XNA)
"I personally think that as long as the technological research for manned moon landing continues, and as long as the country is determined (to achieve the goal)...
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