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Lunar soil machine developed to build bricks using sunlight
Jul 30, 2025 (SPX)
Developed by the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) in Hefei, Anhui province, the system functions as a 3D printing device powered by concentrated solar h...
NASA picks Firefly Aerospace for ambitious 2029 lunar rover and instrument delivery
Jul 30, 2025 (SPX)
Firefly will provide end-to-end payload delivery services as part of the Artemis campaign. Its Blue Ghost lander is scheduled to land in 2029 with scientific pa...
NASA readying for crewed Artemis II moon flight
Jul 30, 2025 (UPI)
The Artemis II mission will demonstrate a variety of capabilities that are needed to complete deep-space missions, including those to the moon and Mars, the spa...
Team led by MDA Space to define future of Canadian lunar vehicle program
Jul 30, 2025 (SPX)
This study marks an essential step toward defining Canada's role in lunar logistics. It will outline the mission architecture, assess viable technologies, and i...
Sidus Space debuts LunarLizzie 800kg lunar platform built for real time AI terrain intelligence
Jul 25, 2025 (SPX)
Designed for both government and commercial missions, LunarLizzie integrates multi-sensor arrays and Sidus' proprietary FeatherEdge 248Vi computer, part of its ...
Lunar habitat module project advances under Thales Alenia Space and ASI agreement
Jul 25, 2025 (SPX)
As part of the Artemis lunar exploration program, the MPH module will support a broad range of human and robotic activities on the Moon. It will house astronaut...
NASA: Senegal is 56th country to sign Artemis Accords
Jul 25, 2025 (UPI)
Signing the Artemis Accords means to explore peaceably and transparently, to render aid to those in need, to ensure unrestricted access to scientific data that ...
Moon erosion by solar wind far less than expected finds lunar rock study
Jul 25, 2025 (SPX)
Using original lunar rock from NASA's Apollo 16 mission, TU Wien scientists conducted precision experiments to measure how solar wind particles actually erode t...
Moon erosion by solar wind far weaker than previously believed
Jul 24, 2025 (SPX)
The researchers attribute the discrepancy to simplified assumptions about the Moon's surface. Past calculations assumed a smooth, dense surface, ignoring the ro...
Young magmas on the came from much shallower depths
Jul 24, 2025 (SPX)
These samples of basalt, an igneous rock made up of rapidly cooled lava, were collected from the near side of the moon by the Chang'e 5 mission and are the youn...
Juice radar shows lunar mapping success in Apollo Earthrise region
Jul 22, 2025 (SPX)
This lunar pass was vital for evaluating Juice's full suite of ten instruments, but especially critical for RIME, which had shown susceptibility to electronic i...
UCF researchers developing new methods to passively mitigate lunar dust for space exploration
Jul 22, 2025 (SPX)
Lunar dust particles are sharp and abrasive due to the lack of atmosphere gradually dulling their surfaces, leading them to potentially damaging critical lunar ...
Pope calls Buzz Aldrin to mark 1969 moon landing
Jul 20, 2025 (AFP)
"This evening, 56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, I spoke with the astronaut Buzz Aldrin," the American pope wrote on X. "Together we shared the memory ...
Chang'e-6 mission reveals ancient volcanic and magnetic secrets from Moon's farside
Jul 14, 2025 (SPX)
Earlier research suggested that the SPA formed about 4.25 billion years ago in a cataclysmic impact, but the broader geological implications remained elusive. N...
NASA selects science payloads for Artemis lunar exploration rover
Jul 14, 2025 (SPX)
The LTV, part of NASA's Artemis campaign, will be the first human-driven rover on the lunar surface in over five decades. Designed to carry two astronauts or op...
Halogen clues shed light on lunar crust evolution
Jul 11, 2025 (SPX)
Their experiments, simulating the extreme heat and pressure of the Moon's early magma ocean phase, revealed how chlorine distributes between lunar minerals and ...
Probing the cosmic Dark Ages from the far side of the Moon
Jul 09, 2025 (SPX)
The proposed mission will study the very early universe, right after the Big Bang, when it was still quite dark and empty before the first stars and galaxies ap...
Young lunar meteorite sheds light on missing chapter in Moon's volcanic timeline
Jul 09, 2025 (SPX)
Presented at the Goldschmidt Conference in Prague, the findings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 16286 offer compelling evidence that the Moon maintained int...
Spacecraft Bus Commissioning Complete for NASA's Arcstone
Jul 07, 2025 (SPX)
Arcstone will now continue to go through commissioning to test its components and hardware and is expected to begin gathering science measurements approximately...
Chinese 3D printing system uses lunar soil to construct habitats
Jul 02, 2025 (SPX)
Engineers at the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei, Anhui province, have built a working prototype of a lunar regolith 3D printer. According to senior ...
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