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2 Moon Landings Scheduled Within A Week For NASA's Private Fleet
More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to the lunar surface when the first-ever private lander touched down last February.
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New Study Finds Active Lunar Tectonics, Challenges Moon’s Dormancy
A recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal reveals that the moon is still experiencing tectonic activity. Scientists identified 266 small ridges on the far side of the moon, formed within the last 160 to 200 million years. The study suggests these ridges result from geological forces like lunar shrinking and orbital shifts. The findi...
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NASA Delays Artemis 2 Mission to 2026, Artemis 3 Crewed Moon Landing For Mid-2027
NASA has announced delays in the Artemis missions, citing the need for additional technical preparations. Artemis 2, the first crewed Moon mission since the Apollo era, will now launch in 2026. Artemis 3, the programme's lunar landing mission, has been moved to mid-2027 due to Orion spacecraft readiness and other challenges. Adjustments to the spac...
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Top Scientist Behind Historic 1969 Moon Landing Finally Honoured
Francis Thomas Bacon invented the hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell a clean, high-efficiency power source that helped propel Apollo 11s historic moon landing in 1969.
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Meteorite Impacts Not Solar Wind Are Key to Moon’s Atmosphere, New Research Shows
A new study led by MIT's Nicole Nie has determined that meteorite impacts are the main source of the moon’s atmosphere, with impact vaporization accounting for 70% of the exosphere. Solar wind contributes the remaining 30%. This research, using Apollo lunar soil samples, offers a significant update on how the moon’s atmosphere is sustained.
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220-Foot NF 2024 Asteroid Racing Towards Earth, NASA Alerts
NASA also tracks other near-Earth asteroids and is developing the DART mission to test asteroid deflection technologies.
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William Anders, Apollo 8 Astronaut Who Took 'Earthrise' Photo, Dies In Plane Crash
Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state.
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People Think 1969 Moon Landing Was Faked. And One Man Is To Be Blamed
Bill Kaysing loosely worked on the US space mission between 1960 and 1963, and began speculating that the entire thing was staged.
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US Spaceship Odysseus On Moon "Alive And Well", Images Expected Soon
The first American spaceship on the Moon since Apollo is "alive and well" following a drama-packed touchdown, the company that built it said Friday as it worked to download data and images from the uncrewed robot.
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US Private Moon Lander Launched Half Century After Last Apollo Mission
A moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in more than a half century and the first by a privately owned
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Explained: From Artemis To Apollo, Why US Is Betting Big On Private Space
A private Houston-based company is set this week to lead a mission to the Moon which, if successful, will mark America's first lunar landing since the end of the Apollo era five decades ago.
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What Does Space Smell Like? Here's What Astronauts Say
During the Apollo moon landings, the astronauts described the scent as gunpowder-like.
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US' 1st Private Moon Lander Mission Fails
An historic commercial US mission to the Moon will fail after suffering a critical loss of fuel, organizers admitted Tuesday, ending for the time being America's hopes of placing its first spacecraft on the lunar surface since the Apollo era.
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America's First Moon Landing Mission Since Apollo Has An Indian Connection. Know How
Peregrine is scheduled to touch down on a mid-latitude region of the Moon called Sinus Viscositatis, or Bay of Stickiness, on February 23.
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First US Moon Lander Since Apollo Set To Launch Today, Human Remains On Board
If all goes to plan, Peregrine will touch down on a mid-latitude region of the Moon called Sinus Viscositatis, or Bay of Stickiness, on February 23.
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2 Moon Landings Scheduled Within A Week For NASA's Private Fleet
More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to the lunar surface when the first-ever private lander touched down last February.
-
New Study Finds Active Lunar Tectonics, Challenges Moon’s Dormancy
A recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal reveals that the moon is still experiencing tectonic activity. Scientists identified 266 small ridges on the far side of the moon, formed within the last 160 to 200 million years. The study suggests these ridges result from geological forces like lunar shrinking and orbital shifts. The findi...
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NASA Delays Artemis 2 Mission to 2026, Artemis 3 Crewed Moon Landing For Mid-2027
NASA has announced delays in the Artemis missions, citing the need for additional technical preparations. Artemis 2, the first crewed Moon mission since the Apollo era, will now launch in 2026. Artemis 3, the programme's lunar landing mission, has been moved to mid-2027 due to Orion spacecraft readiness and other challenges. Adjustments to the spac...
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Top Scientist Behind Historic 1969 Moon Landing Finally Honoured
Francis Thomas Bacon invented the hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell a clean, high-efficiency power source that helped propel Apollo 11s historic moon landing in 1969.
-
Meteorite Impacts Not Solar Wind Are Key to Moon’s Atmosphere, New Research Shows
A new study led by MIT's Nicole Nie has determined that meteorite impacts are the main source of the moon’s atmosphere, with impact vaporization accounting for 70% of the exosphere. Solar wind contributes the remaining 30%. This research, using Apollo lunar soil samples, offers a significant update on how the moon’s atmosphere is sustained.
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220-Foot NF 2024 Asteroid Racing Towards Earth, NASA Alerts
NASA also tracks other near-Earth asteroids and is developing the DART mission to test asteroid deflection technologies.
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William Anders, Apollo 8 Astronaut Who Took 'Earthrise' Photo, Dies In Plane Crash
Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state.
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People Think 1969 Moon Landing Was Faked. And One Man Is To Be Blamed
Bill Kaysing loosely worked on the US space mission between 1960 and 1963, and began speculating that the entire thing was staged.
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US Spaceship Odysseus On Moon "Alive And Well", Images Expected Soon
The first American spaceship on the Moon since Apollo is "alive and well" following a drama-packed touchdown, the company that built it said Friday as it worked to download data and images from the uncrewed robot.
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US Private Moon Lander Launched Half Century After Last Apollo Mission
A moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in more than a half century and the first by a privately owned
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Explained: From Artemis To Apollo, Why US Is Betting Big On Private Space
A private Houston-based company is set this week to lead a mission to the Moon which, if successful, will mark America's first lunar landing since the end of the Apollo era five decades ago.
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What Does Space Smell Like? Here's What Astronauts Say
During the Apollo moon landings, the astronauts described the scent as gunpowder-like.
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US' 1st Private Moon Lander Mission Fails
An historic commercial US mission to the Moon will fail after suffering a critical loss of fuel, organizers admitted Tuesday, ending for the time being America's hopes of placing its first spacecraft on the lunar surface since the Apollo era.
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America's First Moon Landing Mission Since Apollo Has An Indian Connection. Know How
Peregrine is scheduled to touch down on a mid-latitude region of the Moon called Sinus Viscositatis, or Bay of Stickiness, on February 23.
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First US Moon Lander Since Apollo Set To Launch Today, Human Remains On Board
If all goes to plan, Peregrine will touch down on a mid-latitude region of the Moon called Sinus Viscositatis, or Bay of Stickiness, on February 23.
