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Empowering Artemis with communications and navigation interoperability
Oct 07, 2021 (SPX)
LunaNet will leverage innovative networking techniques, standards, and an extensible framework to rapidly expand network capabilities at the Moon. This framewor...
Lasers to probe origin of life on a Moon
Oct 07, 2021 (SPX)
At the Space Laser Assembly Cleanroom (SLAC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the Laser and Electro-Optics Branch is building laser...
Using the Moon to address digital inequality
Oct 07, 2021 (SPX)
Digital inequality or inadequate internet access is a socioeconomic concern across the United States, and the pandemic has worsened the divide. In Cleveland, ho...
China's Chang'e-4 completes 1,000 days on far side of moon
Oct 01, 2021 (XNA)
The lander and rover Yutu-2 are in good condition. The payloads aboard are also working properly and will continue the scientific exploration on the far side of...
Airbus backs Dereum Labs to collaborate on lunar resources extraction
Sep 29, 2021 (SPX)
A ground demonstration concept is planned as part of this new programme. It will develop an end-to-end process from regolith identification and capture to extra...
Masten Space Systems partners with AdaCore to land on the Moon's South Pole
Sep 28, 2021 (SPX)
Masten Space Systems was awarded the $75.9 million contract by NASA to transport scientific research payloads to the lunar South Pole in April 2020. The NASA Co...
University teams demonstrate 'cool' new technologies for the Moon, Mars
Sep 28, 2021 (SPX)
Taking top prize of $6,000 was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) team from Cambridge with HYDRATION III: High Yield Dihydrogen-monoxide Retrieval ...
Life support cooked up from lunar rocks
Sep 24, 2021 (SPX)
The set-up uses a two-step process, well known in industrial chemistry for terrestrial applications, that has been customised to work with a mineral mixture tha...
Gloomy moonscape for rover test
Sep 24, 2021 (ESA)
The Space Resources Challenge - supported by ESA and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) in Luxembourg- is asking European (and Canadian) res...
Peering into the Moon's shadows with AI
Sep 24, 2021 (SPX)
"Near the lunar north and south poles, the incident sunlight enters the craters and depressions at a very shallow angle and never reaches some of their floors",...
Tycho Crater revealed in intricate detail
Sep 22, 2021 (SPX)
The resolution of the new Tycho Crater image is close to five meters by five meters and contains approximately 1.4 billion pixels. The image covers an area of 2...
Artemis rover to land near Nobile region of Lunar south pole
Sep 21, 2021 (SPX)
The Moon's South Pole is one of the coldest areas in our solar system. No prior missions to the Moon's surface have explored it - scientists have thus far only ...
Lunar crater named after Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson
Sep 21, 2021 (SPX)
"Creating an inclusive community and achieving equity in the sciences begins by recognizing the contributions of people from all backgrounds," said Bretzfelder,...
NASA plans to send lunar rover to Nobile region of moon's South Pole
Sep 20, 2021 (UPI)
The crater offers a relatively safe area to hunt for water ice, which is considered crucial for long-term Artemis missions to explore the moon and eventually Ma...
UK space company to establish link with the far side of the Moon
Sep 20, 2021 (SPX)
Science Minister Amanda Solloway said: "Surrey Satellite Technology has taken Britain's expertise in navigation and telecommunications to the next level. Having...
Dynetics selected to build NASA's sustainable lunar lander
Sep 20, 2021 (SPX)
As one of five companies selected for a firm fixed-price, milestone-based contract, Dynetics will receive an initial award of $40.8 million over the next 15 mon...
Path set for commercial communications around the Moon
Sep 17, 2021 (ESA)
A whole suite of lunar exploration missions is on the horizon, many of which have ESA involvement. These include NASA's Artemis programme, commercial lunar land...
NASA selects five US companies to mature Artemis Lander concepts
Sep 15, 2021 (SPX)
The awards under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) Appendix N broad agency announcement are firm fixed-price, milestone-base...
Curtin research shines a light on Moon's oldest geologic imprints
Sep 15, 2021 (SPX)
Published in Nature Communications, the research provides a greater insight of how the oldest impact events on the Moon may have left near-invisible cratering i...
Men may sleep worse on nights during the first half of the lunar cycle
Sep 14, 2021 (SPX)
Previous studies have produced somewhat conflicting results on the association between the lunar cycle and sleep, with some reporting an association whereas oth...
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