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UAE to launch lunar rover in 2024

Sep 30, 2020 (Sputnik)

"With God's help, we have launched a new Emirati project to explore the Moon. It will be a space aircraft explorer that will land on the planet surface in 2024 ...

NASA needs new funding by February for 2024 moon landing, administrator says

Sep 30, 2020 (UPI)

"If we get to February of 2021 without an appropriation, that's going to really put the brakes on our ability to achieve a moon landing by as early as 2024," Br...

Simulations give clues to atmospheric loss from Moon's origin

Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)

New research led by Durham University, UK, shows how the extent of atmospheric loss depends upon the type of giant impact with the Earth. Researchers ran more t...

Japan aiming to send hopping spacecraft fuelled by lunar water to Moon

Sep 30, 2020 (Sputnik)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has asserted it intends to engage in a lunar exploration mission beginning in the mid-2030s, making use of hydroge...

UAE sets sights on the moon

Sep 29, 2020 (AFP)

The UAE -- a collection of seven emirates better known for its skyscrapers, palm-shaped islands and opulent mega attractions -- is a newcomer to the world of sp...

NASA and HeroX Seek Innovative Energy Solutions to Power Lunar Activities

Sep 29, 2020 (SPX)

Solar energy is abundant on the Moon when the sun is out, but nights on the Moon can last 350 hours at a time. This long lunar night, combined with extreme temp...

NASA reveals new details of $28B Artemis lunar landing program

Sep 23, 2020 (UPI)

In an update provided by the space agency Monday, the administrators said $16.2 billion of the total would be to produce the initial Human Landing System - the ...

Experience, charisma will steer NASA's choice for first woman on moon

Sep 23, 2020 (UPI)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has said the woman selected will be an experienced astronaut who has flown on space missions. Ten current astronauts meet tha...

NASA publishes Artemis plan to return Americans to Moon in 2024

Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)

In the 18 months since NASA accepted a bold challenge to accelerate its exploration plans by more than four years and establish sustainable exploration by the e...

NASA plans for return to Moon to cost $28 billion

Sep 22, 2020 (AFP)

Congress, which faces elections on November 3, will have to sign off on the financing for a project that has been set by President Donald Trump as a top priorit...

China determined to land astronauts on lunar surface

Sep 21, 2020 (XNA)

Zhou Yanfei, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program, said on Friday that China wishes to use the manned lunar missions to carry out scientific su...

Astrobotic completes Peregrine Lunar Lander Structural Model testing

Sep 21, 2020 (SPX)

The test campaign was completed using the Peregrine Structural Test Model (STM), a one-to-one scale representation of Peregrine that was assembled at Astrobotic...

China to launch Chang'e-5 lunar probe this year

Sep 21, 2020 (XNA)

Yu Dengyun, deputy chief designer of China's lunar exploration program, said preparations are progressing smoothly, and the Chang'e-5 probe will make a soft lan...

China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 22nd lunar day

Sep 14, 2020 (XNA)

The lander woke up at 5:15 a.m. on Saturday (Beijing time), and the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, woke up at 11:54 a.m. on Friday, sources with the Lunar Expl...

Payloads on China's retired lunar probe still operating

Sep 14, 2020 (XNA)

As of Sept. 1, the Chang'e-3 lunar mission has been on the moon for 2,453 Earth days, and some of the scientific payloads carried by the lander are still operat...

Space resources are the key to safe and sustainable Lunar exploration

Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)

Moreover, leveraging commercial involvement as part of Artemis will enhance our ability to safely return to the Moon in a sustainable, innovative, and affordabl...

China's Chang'e-4 probe reveals landing site impact history on moon's far side

Sep 10, 2020 (XNA)

The study revealed that the landing area of the probe, located within the largest and oldest impact basin on the moon, had experienced multiple impact events an...

Gather Moon rocks for us, NASA urges private companies

Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)

The contract doesn't actually involve getting to the Moon itself -- a feat only achieved by the national space agencies of three countries -- but instead envisa...

NASA enlists commercial partners to fly payloads to Moon

Sep 09, 2020 (SPX)

Through the CLPS initiative, NASA taps its commercial partners to quickly land scientific instruments and technology demonstrations on the Moon. The initiative ...

New gears can withstand impact, temps during lunar missions

Sep 08, 2020 (SPX)

One NASA project is developing special gears that can withstand the extreme temperatures experienced during missions to the Moon and beyond. Typically, in extre...