For the second time in as many months, a new mission to the moon is nearly ready to launch. Â As the new Moon race heats up, lunar science continues to expand our understanding of our constant gray companion and has revealed an answer to a centuries old question of asteroid bombardment in Earth’s past.
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Speaking at the 2017 International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, Elon Musk has laid out…
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Amid numerous questions about whether SpaceX can have the Human Landing System (HLS) variant of…
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Impulse Space, the innovative startup founded by SpaceX veteran Tom Mueller, has unveiled plans for…
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While Earth and Mars are known for their intense surface quakes, other terrestrial bodies in…
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The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic…
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Sen is on a mission to democratize space through the use of high-quality video from…
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NASA’s CLPS program accelerates as two landers head for the Moon
As NASA focuses on returning humans to the Moon with Artemis, commercial providers are gearing…
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SpaceX launched not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on the same mission,…
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Space science in 2024: Moon missions, Martian milestones, astrophysics discoveries, and more
2024 was another busy year for space science, with many new missions, successes, and discoveries…
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Using supercomputer simulations, a team of NASA scientists recently modeled the destruction of an asteroid…
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Astronomers have found evidence for a volcanic moon orbiting an exoplanet 635 light-years from Earth.…
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Astronomers have found more than 350 possible moons around asteroids by analyzing data from the…
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China’s Chang’e 6 landed on and sampled the far side of the Moon while the…
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Astronomers find an Earth-sized exoplanet around a tiny star and a large, but ultra-light exoplanet around a Sun-like star
Astronomers from the Search for Planets Eclipsing Ultra-cool Stars (SPECULOOS) project found an Earth-sized exoplanet…
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China launches to the far side of the Moon with sample return
by Adrian BeilIn cooperation with France, China launched the Chang’e 6 mission. The launch happened at Friday,…
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ISS Roundup: an eclipse, an EVA, and more than just science returns to Earth
by Martin SmithEvery month aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is packed with activity, science, and research…
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Launch Roundup: China returns to the moon, SpaceX keeps up high launch cadence
by John SharpThis week, China returns to the Moon with the Chang’e-6 mission, making the first-ever attempt…
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China Roundup: Chinese Moon plans, commercial company updates, and Wenchang commercial pad
by Adrian BeilChina provided several updates to its lunar exploration plans, while private companies like LandSpace and…
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Japan’s SLIM lands on the Moon upside down, overcomes power issues
by John SharpJapan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander appears to have achieved a soft…