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SwRI to adapt mass spectrometer for Lunar missions
Jul 20, 2021 (SPX)
Mass spectrometry is an analytic technique that identifies chemical substances by sorting gaseous ions according to their mass-to-charge ratios. Mass spec instr...
NASA delays VIPER lunar rover's launch by one year
Jul 19, 2021 (UPI)
The launch of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, has been pushed back to November 2024, from its originally planned launch day of No...
New maps help developers plan lunar road trip for VIPER's Artemis Mission
Jul 16, 2021 (SPX)
When equipped with these maps, the rover will be in a better position to safely and efficiently traverse the Moon while looking for resources at the lunar South...
Lockheed Martin opens advanced manufacturing facility to expand Orion production
Jul 16, 2021 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin currently assembles the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I and II Moon missions at the nearby Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout (O&C) build...
Stellar Project announces LaserCube maiden flight mission
Jul 15, 2021 (SPX)
Padua - Stellar Project space technology startup, launches LaserCube Maiden Flight. The payload hosted on D-Orbit's ION Carrier has lifted off onboard SpaceX's ...
Training an AI eye on the moon
Jul 14, 2021 (SPX)
There is more than meets the eye to picking a landing or exploration site on the Moon. The visible area of the lunar surface is larger than Russia and is pockma...
China kicks off lunar sample study programs
Jul 14, 2021 (XNA)
Speaking at a ceremony to mark the delivery, Liu Jizhong, director of the center, said that this is the first batch of lunar samples delivered to research insti...
China declares Chang'e-4 mission complete success
Jul 14, 2021 (SPX)
With the assistance of the relay satellite Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), the rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) and the lander of the Chang'e-4 probe took photos of each o...
Scientists get first samples from moon
Jul 14, 2021 (XNA)
The samples, weighing about 17.5 grams, were divided into 21 lots and handed over at a ceremony at the National Astronomical Observatories in Beijing to scienti...
NASA, Northrop Grumman finalize Moon outpost living quarters contract
Jul 12, 2021 (SPX)
The firm, fixed-price contract is valued at $935 million. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will be responsible for attaching and testing the integrated HALO...
NASA Selects Moog to Power and Control VIPER Lunar Rover
Jul 08, 2021 (SPX)
VIPER will rely on Moog's radiation-hardened avionics technology to control the rover during its 100-day mission. The Integrated Avionics Unit (IAU) and Spacecr...
The heart of a lunar sensor
Jul 07, 2021 (ESA)
This spectrometer is being delivered to NASA as part of the PITMS instrument for its launch to the Moon later this year. EMS is based on an 'ion trap', an ingen...
NASA re-establishes contact with CAPSTONE spacecraft
Jul 06, 2021 (UPI)
"Mission operators have re-established contact with NASA's Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spa...
NASA's CAPSTONE lunar orbiter leaves Earth orbit
Jul 05, 2021 (UPI)
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment is attached to Rocket Lab's Photon upper stage, which maneuvered CAPS...
NASA offers $45M to solve risks for astronaut Lunar landing services
Jul 02, 2021 (SPX)
NASA is seeking new work to mature designs and conduct technology and engineering risk-reduction tasks for the human landing system (HLS), which will ferry Arte...
Rocketlab launches CAPSTONE on lunar mission for NASA
Jun 27, 2021 (UPI)
Designed and built by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, a Terran Orbital Corporation, and owned and operated by Advanced Space on behalf of NASA, the Cislunar Auton...
Technical snags make US Astronauts' lunar landing in 2024 'less likely', GAO Says
Jun 25, 2021 (Sputnik)
"A fast-tracked schedule to meet this ambitious date - along with some technical risks - mean that it's less likely a lunar landing will happen in 2024," a GAO ...
NASA, Nelson push for annual moon landings for 'a dozen years'
Jun 23, 2021 (UPI)
Nelson, who became administrator May 3, said Congress hasn't appropriated enough money for the nation's coming lunar aspirations. "We want to have these sustain...
SwRI awarded Lunar lander investigation contract
Jun 22, 2021 (SPX)
"With LITMS, we hope to get a better understanding of the thermal evolution, differentiation and asymmetry of the Moon," said SwRI's Dr. Robert Grimm, LITMS pri...
Apollo 14 remembered as 'back to space' mission that expanded lunar science
Jun 20, 2021 (UPI)
The three astronauts from Apollo 14 -- Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell -- have died, but their families and several other Apollo-era figures recal...
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