Chinese rover powers up devices in pioneering moon mission
All systems are go as a Chinese spacecraft and rover power up their observation equipment after making a first-ever landing on the far side of the moon, the…
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How to watch live online as China attempts to land on the Moon
China is orbiting the moon – and is about to (try to) land on it. Almost exactly 50 years after NASA’s Apollo 8 mission successfully put astronauts in orbit…
NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Could Assist Commercial Missions to the Moon
Lunar Helper
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) launched in 2009. And it’s still orbiting the Moon to this very day — almost ten years later.…
These 9 Companies Will Help NASA Return Humans to the Moon
Moon Allies NASA is returning humans to the Moon — with a little help from its friends. Back in September, NASA unveiled the National Space Exploration…
Scientists Are 3D Printing Fake Moon Dust Into Useful Objects
3D Printing on the Moon
Replacing parts on a lunar base could pose a major challenge, since resupplying missions will likely be massively…
Red Moon is a novel full of fascinating ideas that never come together |…
Kim Stanley Robinson is known for his heady and thought-provoking science fiction novels. Aurora turned the concept of a generation ship on its head, following…
A Chinese City Plans to Replace Its Streetlights With an Artificial Moon |…
Night City
Don’t be surprised if sales of blackout curtains start to skyrocket in Chengdu.On Tuesday, media platform CIF News reported that the Chinese…
Jupiter moon may have huge, jagged ice blades that complicate the search…
Equatorial regions of the potentially life-supporting Europa, which harbors a huge ocean of salty liquid water beneath its icy shell, are probably studded with…
SpaceX’s First Tourist Isn’t Worried About Training for His Trip to the…
Moon Tourist
The Securities and Exchange Commission might not be convinced that Elon Musk always tells the truth, but that isn’t stopping Yusaku Maezawa from…
Researchers Identify the “Missing Link” in the Chemistry of Saturn’s…
Team Titan
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is weird. Really weird. Its atmosphere is unlike that of any other moon in our entire solar system — in fact, it’s a…