NASA pulls the plug on VIPER Moon rover project due to mounting costs and delays
NASA has announced that following a “comprehensive internal review” it has decided to pull the plug on its…
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China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft performs world’s third lunar landing in 2024
China achieved a major milestone in a robotic lunar exploration mission by the China National Space Administration with…
What we left behind: how human activity has already littered the Moon
As the sole natural satellite of the Earth, the Moon has always been a key part of space…
Japan postpones lunar mission for third time due to bad weather conditions
The operator of Japan’s space agency, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), reported that the planned launch of the country’s…
Lunar Codex: Moon to become permanent gallery for international art
Digitized artwork from more than 30,000 international creatives is to be archived on the Moon under the Lunar…
NASA and Nokia Bell Labs to establish first 4G cellular network on Moon
Nokia announced that NASA has chosen it to be a part of the Tipping Point initiative, fostering the…
Russia’s attempt to return to Lunar exploration delayed yet again
Luna-25, the first mission to the Moon in the history of modern Russia, has been postponed yet again…
Orion splashes down following month-long journey around the Moon
Orion capsule, which splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after spending 25 days on its journey around the…
NASA’s Orion spacecraft finishes Moon mission, heads home to Earth
The Orion spacecraft, launched by NASA on the Artemis I mission, is preparing to return to Earth after…
NASA’s Orion enters Moon’s orbit, breaks record
Orion spacecraft, launched by NASA on its Artemis I mission, broke the record for the farthest distance from…
Midpoint: Artemis I passes the half-way point to the Moon
NASA’s Orion spacecraft, flying on the Artemis I mission, reached the half-way point between the Earth and the…
World’s most powerful rocket SLS blasts off with NASA’s Artemis I mission
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the world’s most powerful rocket, took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida,…
NASA delays Artemis launch due to threat of Tropical Storm Ian in Florida
NASA has canceled plans to launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon due to the threat of…
NASA reschedules Artemis I launch for September 3
NASA has rescheduled the launch of the Artemis I mission for September 3, 2022, after initially being delayed…
NASA readies Artemis rocket for unmanned Moon mission
NASA has moved the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft to the launch site for final preparations before it blasts…
A giant leap for lambkind! Shaun the Sheep to join Artemis moon mission
He’s beloved by many children and parents and now Shaun the Sheep will go where no other lamb…
Rocket Lab successfully deploys Moon satellite for NASA
Rocket Lab reports that the CAPSTONE satellite is on its way to orbit the Moon. The satellite is intended…
Rocket on course to crash into Moon does not belong to Space X, astronomers say
Revised calculations indicate that the upper stage of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket, launched in 2014, is…