NASA Has a Huge Dust Problem Over on the Moon, Calls in HuLC to Handle It
2 Jul 2024, 12:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced the winners of the Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) that was meant to find a solution to lunar plume surface interaction
Video Shows the Gateway Moon Space Station in Such Detail It'll Make You Dizzy
26 Jun 2024, 13:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new animation video shows the upcoming Gateway Moon space station in never-before-seen detail, sadly we don't get a glimpse of the interior
Someone Smashed a 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite to Dust to Make LEGO-Like Bricks
19 Jun 2024, 11:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) turned an old meteorite to dust to form LEGO-like bricks to test building materials and techniques for Moon structures
Astronauts in Spacesuits Touch the SpaceX Starship Landing System for the First Time
6 Jun 2024, 12:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA took two astronauts to California to play with a prototype of the SpaceX Human Landing System (HLS) that will put humans on the surface of the Moon
Real-Life Astronauts Test the Habitation Module of Humanity's First Distant Space Station
4 Jun 2024, 11:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) completed the first series of tests of its Gateway Lunar International Habitat (Lunar I-Hab)
Badass Yarns and High-Tech Glue Keep America's Moon Spacecraft From Burning on Re-Entry
28 May 2024, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA provided us with more details on the brand new material used for part of the Orion heat protection system
Artemis Accords Finishes Drag Race to 40 Signatories, Welcomes Lithuania
16 May 2024, 00:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Owing to its close proximity to global leaders in the aerospace sector in Sweden and Germany, Lithuania has seen a spike in the number of jobs in aerospace.
Is Toyota Going to the Moon? Japan-Made Pressurized Rover to Fly on Artemis Missions
15 Apr 2024, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA and its Japanese counterpart JAXA signed an agreement to use a pressurized rover on the Moon during Artemis missions
Cars Meant for Other Planets (And The Companies That Make Them)
13 Apr 2024, 20:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just a handful of companies are working on making cars (they call them crew-rated rovers) for use on the Moon and other planets, they are the pioneers
The Most Extreme Artemis Moon Rover Has Deformable Wheels and a Size to Impress
5 Apr 2024, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The third company competing for NASA's Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle contract is Venturi Astrolab. Its rover is called FLEX and is the biggest of all entries
Someone Is Building a Race Car Rover for the Moon, And They Have NASA's Blessing
4 Apr 2024, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the Moon rover designs selected by NASA for the Artemis program is called Moon Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover (RACER)
General Motors Could Send the Ultium EV Battery to the Moon on the Lunar Dawn Space Truck
4 Apr 2024, 07:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the three contenders for the NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle contract is Lunar Outpost and its partners, including carmaker GM
NASA Cherry-Picks the Companies to Make the Artemis Moon SUV, Big Names Are on the List
4 Apr 2024, 06:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced this week the names of the companies taking point in the development of new Lunar Terrain Vehicle
White House Orders NASA To Devise a Moon Time Standard for Future Space Missions
3 Apr 2024, 09:35 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The Space Agency is to work on a Lunar Time Coordinated system to be used as a reference for Moon explorations and other outer space explorations
Here's How NASA's Breathtaking Gateway Moon Space Station Will Become Operational
1 Apr 2024, 10:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shares the first rendering of the fully assembled Gateway Moon space station and details on how its assembly will proceed
NASA Will Say Who Is Making the Crew-Rated Moon Rover for Artemis Missions on April 3
21 Mar 2024, 11:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA said it will reveal the names of the companies which will be making the Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle on April 3
For 30 Minutes in February the Moon Had a Functional Position Beacon
19 Mar 2024, 15:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / During the Intuitive Machines mission one the Lunar Node-1 position beacon sent data to the Deep Space Network for a total of 30 minutes
These Are the Numbers Behind NASA's Space Launch System Block 1B Mega Rocket
17 Mar 2024, 08:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA says work on the second iteration of the Space Launch System rocket, the Block 1B, is already underway
SpaceX Destroys Third Spaceship But Learns More From It Than Any Other
15 Mar 2024, 07:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX launch the third Starship this week, managing to reach more milestone than in any of the previous flights despite its ultimate destruction
NASA Throwing Lightning Strikes and Jackhammer-Level Noise at Orion Spaceship
12 Mar 2024, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shares the fate of the Orion spaceship that was used during the Artemis I Moon mission, hardware currently being studied for Artemis II's sake