NASA just released a hype video for a Moon mission that probably won’t happen
NASA has planned on returning to the Moon for some time now, hashing out plans for its Lunar Gateway which will eventually serve as a …
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NASA places its first order for Lunar Gateway components
NASA has big plans for returning to the Moon. Whether it can be done within the next five years, as the current administration desires, is …
Researchers say a tiny planet slammed into the Moon a long time ago
Earth’s Moon only ever shows us one face. It’s locked into its current orientation, with a permanent nearside and farside, but it wasn’t until the …
NASA just spotted the crash site of Israel’s Beresheet lander
April was supposed to be an exciting time for Israel’s privately-funded space group SpaceIL. After years of development, SpaceIL’s Beresheet lander was poised to land …
China’s lunar rover is helping to unravel a Moon mystery
The Chinese space program started 2019 with a major milestone when the Chang’e 4 lunar lander successfully touched down on the far side of the …
NASA is asking for another $1.6 billion to fulfill the Moon 2024 promise
Back in March, the Trump administration declared that it was directing NASA to send humans back to the Moon no later than 2024. That’s an …
New study suggests the Moon may be shrinking
Earth isn’t the only place that “quakes.” Rocky planets and moons regularly experience similar movements, and faults can form between massive chunks of crust on …
Yep, a space rock definitely hit the Moon during January’s lunar eclipse
Back in January skywatchers were treated to a gorgeous lunar eclipse that was visible across multiple continents. It made headlines as the “Super Blood Wolf …
China pledges to have the first Moon base within a decade
The Chinese space agency has spent the first few several months of 2019 exploring the far side of the Moon after being the first nation …
SpaceIL’s lunar lander crashed because of ‘manual command’
It’s now been a couple of weeks since Israel’s first attempt to land on the Moon was met with disaster at the last possible moment. …
Yes, there’s a full moon tonight, but it won’t be pink
If you’re an aspiring skywatcher looking for a good reason to stay up past your bedtime and gaze into the cosmos, I have good news: …
This is the last photo Israel’s Beresheet lunar lander captured before it was smashed into oblivion
Last week’s attempted lunar lander by SpaceIL’s Beresheet spacecraft didn’t quite go as planned. Actually, that’s putting it mildly; it totally crashed. Nevertheless, the privately …
NASA plans to send astronauts to the Moon’s South Pole in five years
NASA is moving forward with plans to send a crewed mission to the lunar surface by 2024, a goal that will be impossible to achieve …
NASA’s Cassini discovers shockingly deep lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan
It’s been well over a year since NASA’s incredibly trusty Cassini probe performed its final act, plunging into Saturn’s atmosphere where it was obliterated by …
This is the last thing Israel’s lunar lander saw before smashing into the Moon
Last week, Israel attempted to do something that only three other countries have accomplished in the history of mankind by landing a spacecraft on the …
Oops! Israel’s Beresheet lander crashed into the Moon
There were only two ways the first-ever Moon landing for Israel was going to go. The country’s Beresheet lander was definitely going to make it …
Watch Israel’s first-ever Moon landing live
It’s been a number of weeks since Israel launched a privately-funded mission orbit and then land on Earth’s Moon. Things got off to a bit …
NASA is going to need more money to make Trump’s Moon dreams a reality
Last week, Donald Trump sent Mike Pence to relay a message to NASA demanding that the agency speed up its timeline for landing crewed missions …
Trump desperately wants the US in another space race that simply doesn’t exist
Donald Trump threw NASA for a loop shortly after taking office when he directed them to find a way to get humans back on the …
Japan might get an awesome new Moon rover built by Toyota
Sending humans back to the Moon is something that NASA and a number of other space agencies around the world are currently working towards. Getting …
NASA boss says first Martian ‘likely to be a woman’
An upcoming spacewalk at the International Space Station will feature two female astronauts for the very first time. NASA didn’t specifically plan it as an …
NASA is finally going to study Moon samples it gathered 50 years ago
NASA has been to the Moon several times, but it’s been a while since the last visit. When astronauts explored the lunar surface during the …
Scientists found moving water on the Moon
The Moon apparently isn’t nearly as dry as scientists once thought. That’s the message from researchers using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to detect …
China’s lunar rover is awake again after an extended nap
China’s space program is making big waves as of late, and its soft landing on the far side of the Moon earlier this year — …
First privately funded mission to the Moon hit by bizarre computer glitch in space
The very first privately funded mission to the Moon is already underway, with the Beresheet spacecraft taking off this past Friday. The mission, which is …
This gorgeous Moon shot took 50,000 individual photos to create
We’ve seen some pretty stunning images of the Moon over the years thanks to high-powered imaging tools from NASA and other space agencies, but you …
NASA captures best look yet at China’s lunar lander hanging out on the Moon
China started the year off strong by landing a lunar probe on the Moon’s surface and deploying a tiny rover to do a bit of …
NASA needs help from the private sector to land astronauts on the Moon again
When NASA first landed astronauts on the Moon several decades ago, it was an entirely government-driving affair. The U.S. was in the midst of a …
You need to look very closely to see China’s Chang’e 4 lander in this stunning Moon photo
China’s space agency has had a busy year thus far, with a successful Moon landing and rover deployment as well as some pretty neat experiments …
Chinese satellite snaps image of the Moon from the side we never see
The Moon dominates the night sky and, as the closest large body to Earth, we get to see it plenty. Unfortunately, since the Moon only …
