American Cameras Capture the First Images of the Moon's Surface in Half a Century
29 Feb 2024, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and Intuitive Machines share the first images and info on the status of the Odysseus Moon lander and the science instruments it carries
America Now Has an Intuitive Machine on the Moon After First Landing There in 50+ Years
23 Feb 2024, 07:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and private company Intuitive Machines managed the first Moon landing of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program
2024 Great North American Eclipse to Help NASA Prove the Roundness of the Sun
21 Feb 2024, 10:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA is enlisting the help of civilians to track Baily's beads on the Moon during April's total solar eclipse and learn more about the Sun
13 Places on the Moon for American Astronauts to Land
20 Feb 2024, 10:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Artemis III and subsequent Moon missions have lots of potential landing sites, NASA will have to pick the best ones possible
Falling Camera to Snap First-Ever Third-Person Pic of Spacecraft Landing on an Alien World
13 Feb 2024, 11:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A private camera experiment will attempt to capture from a third-person view the Intuitive Machines Odysseus as it lands on the lunar surface
NASA Plans to Run the Moon and Mars on Nuclear Power
1 Feb 2024, 09:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced the completion of the Phase 1 of the Fission Surface Power Project, nuclear reactor for the Moon and Mars coming soon
America's First Moon Mission in 50 Years Exploded and No One Was There to See It
19 Jan 2024, 11:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The NASA-Astrobotic Moon mission ended this week with the Peregrine landing burning up in the sky over the South Pacific Ocean
America's First Moon Lander Since Apollo Launches to Study Geological Enigma in the Sky
8 Jan 2024, 08:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA, United Launch Alliance, and Astrobotic launch the first Moon lander in five decades, the Peregrine. It will land on the Moon at the end of February
Here's How You Can Beat NASA's Artemis Astronauts to the Moon
5 Jan 2024, 11:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced it will be sending human names to the Moon with the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission
NASA's First-Ever Lunar Rover Is Half-Baked, Smells Like 2024 Launch After All
3 Jan 2024, 10:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) is halfway through the build, all seems on track for late 2024 launch
Starship Moon Lander Elevator Looks Like a Simple Metal Cage Dangling on a Cable
22 Dec 2023, 12:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA reveals a few details about the elevator that will carry astronauts from inside the Starship Moon lander and to the surface, it's surprisingly simple
NASA Doesn't Trust Itself Enough to Let AI Drive a Rover on the Moon
20 Dec 2023, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shares a few more details on the System Health Enabled Real-time Planning Advisor AI that helps it plan the VIPER Moon mission
No, Those Are Not Drums Floating in Space, But DARPA-Backed Spacecraft Hubs
7 Dec 2023, 13:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the entries in the DARPA LunA-10 study is the spacecraft hub developed by Firefly Aerospace based on its Elytra spacecraft
SHERPA the AI Will Help NASA's First Lunar Rover Find Its Way Around the Moon
5 Dec 2023, 14:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is using artificial intelligence to plan and execute the upcoming Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Moon mission
NASA Goes Over the Limits in Testing Artemis Rocket Engines, RS-25s Hold
4 Dec 2023, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced the completion of the third-of-12 certification tests for the Artemis V moon rocket engines
Fleet of Spaceships Going for the Moon Is How Wernher von Braun Imagined the Future
13 Nov 2023, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new Hazegrayart video shows an animation of spaceships and landers heading for the Moon, as envisioned by German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun
Huge Magnifying Glass on the Moon Could Melt the Surface Into a Paved Road Network
13 Oct 2023, 11:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An European consortium is looking at an innovative way of melting the surface of the Moon to turn it into a road network and landing pads.
Crazy Lander Concept Would Have Carried Moon Astronauts on the Outside
10 Oct 2023, 06:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A lunar lander design idea called for unpressurized transport of astronauts to the surface of the Moon, CGI clip gives us a taste of it
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander on Track to Become NASA's First Taxi to the Moon
6 Oct 2023, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Firefly Aerospace announced the completion of its first lunar lander structure, the hardware will transport NASA science to the Moon next year
ESA Calls for More Moon Mission Ideas, Throws in the Ariane 6 as a Hook
29 Sep 2023, 08:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency announced a call for ideas on small Moon missions in a bid to fill technology gaps for the Terrae Novae plan