NASA VIPER Rover to Map Lunar Ice Ahead of Crewed Artemis Missions
NASA is preparing to send a rover to the Moon’s South Pole to study the location and concentration of ice in the region. The...
NASA Approves Manufacture of Lucy Probe Set to Explore Trojan Asteroids
NASA’s Lucy mission has successfully moved into the manufacturing stage after a successful Critical Design Review. The mission, which is expected to be launched...
NASA to Once Again Attempt First All-Female Spacewalk
NASA has announced that it will attempt the first all-female spacewalk on October 21. The attempt follows one early this year that had to...
SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch Intuitive Machines Moon Mission
Intuitive Machines has selected the SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch the company’s Nova C lunar lander to the surface of the Moon in 2021....
NASA Sets Industry a Challenge to be the First to Produce Lunar Lander
In a call to industry seeking proposals for human lunar landing systems, NASA has announced that the first company to complete a lunar lander...
NASA Releases Underwhelming Lunar Gateway Logo
NASA has revealed the logo for the agency’s lunar Gateway space station. The station is a key element of NASA’s Artemis program, the agency’s...
India Locate Failed Lunar Lander
An official from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed the failed Vikram lander has been found. Although the exact condition of the...
India Prepares to Touch Down on the Surface of the Moon
Early this morning, India's Vikram Moon lander successfully separated from the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter. The lander is expected to touch down on the lunar surface...
NASA Unveil New Lunar Program Logo
Earlier this year, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that the agency’s new lunar program would be called Artemis. In Greek mythology, Artemis was the...
NASA to Send Nuclear-Powered Robotic Quadcopter to Titan
NASA has announced that its next major planetary sciences mission will be Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered robotic quadcopter that will explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
“With...
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Record-Breaking Astronaut Christina Koch Returns to Earth
NASA astronaut Christina Koch has returned to Earth after shattering the record for the longest single spaceflight in history by a woman.
Koch returned...
SpaceX Win $80.4 million NASA Earth Science Mission
NASA has awarded the agency's $80.4 million Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission launch services contract to SpaceX. It is the fifth Earth...