NASA’s plans to return to the Moon by 2024 have been criticized and doubted since they were first announced. Now that the Trump administration is gone, the acting NASA Administrator is trying to determine whether the schedule is still feasible. A number of setbacks and the coronavirus pandemic have affected the timeline, meaning that humans …
NASA selected SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to develop lunar landing systems that will allow astronauts to travel to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. The companies will have until early 2021 to develop their systems before NASA evaluates them for their readiness. Visit BGR’s homepage for more stories. NASA wants to get …
NASA will send a ‘Lunar Flashlight’ to illuminate the shadowy craters and depressions on the Moon’s south pole. The space agency hopes to find water ice hiding out in these permanently dark areas. Future crewed missions to the Moon could utilize this ice as a resource, allowing for extended stays. Visit BGR’s homepage for more …
NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon are taking shape, and with a very short deadline of 2024 for a crewed trip to the lunar surface, it’s an all-hands-on-deck situation at the space agency. That sense of urgency extends to its contractors as well, and since NASA is relying on commercial partners to invent the …
Getting humans back to the Moon is going to be complicated, and NASA is juggling a lot of different projects right now in the hopes that it’ll all come together by 2024. The Orion spacecraft, which is the crew capsule that will ferry astronauts safely through space, has been in development for a long time …
As Earth’s only natural satellite — and the only other world that mankind has ever explored in person — the Moon is one of the most well-understood bodies in our solar system. That being said, there’s still plenty about the Moon that scientists don’t fully understand, and learning more about our closest neighbor could teach …
