Nasa Moon

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  Artemis II Orion Service Module Secured for Launch at Kennedy Space Center

  NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft is a step closer to its mission around the Moon. Three spacecraft adapter jettison fairings have been installed on its service module at Kennedy Space Center. These panels will protect the solar arrays from heat, wind, and acoustic forces during launch. Once in space, they will detach, allowing the arrays to dep...

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  Partial Solar Eclipse of March 2025: Satellite Images to Show Moon’s Shadow

  A partial solar eclipse will take place on March 29, 2025, visible across parts of Europe, Africa, and North America. The event will reach its peak in Nunavik, Canada, where 94% of the sun will be covered at sunrise. From space, weather satellites like GOES-16 and Himawari will capture images of the moon’s shadow. The International Space Station ...

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  NASA Scraps Plan To Land 1st Woman And Person Of Colour On Moon. Here's Why

  NASA has seemingly dropped plans to put the first woman and person of colour on the Moon to comply with President Trump's demands.

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  Supernova Remnants Found in Oceanic Samples, Scientists Look to Moon

  Scientists have identified supernova debris in deep-sea sediments, including a rare plutonium isotope linked to a kilonova. Researchers believe a neutron star collision occurred nearly 10 million years ago, scattering radioactive material across space. To validate this theory, they plan to analyze lunar soil, which remains undisturbed by Earth's ge...

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  Watch: Blue Ghost Spacecraft Captures Incredible Sunset On The Moon

  NASA and Firefly Aerospace released the first high-definition pictures of a sunset on the moon on Tuesday, taken before the Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend.

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  NASA’s Space Station Research Aids Lunar Missions With Key Technologies

  Research aboard the International Space Station is advancing lunar exploration. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission-1, which landed on 2 March 2025, carries three experiments linked to space station studies. LEXI observes X-ray emissions to study space weather, RadPC tests radiation-tolerant computing, and LuGRE detects GNSS signals for lunar ...

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  Elon Musk Says Starship To Depart For Mars By 2026, Human Landing Likely By 2031

  NASA is also awaiting a modified version of Starship as a lunar lander for its Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon this decade.

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  Americas, Europe To Witness Rare 'Blood Moon' Lunar Eclipse: What It Is

  Stargazers in North and South America will be able to view a red-colored "Blood Moon" starting Thursday night in the first total lunar eclipse visible on the continents since 2022.

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  Holi Under The Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse To Occur On March 14, 2025

  A rare total lunar eclipse, also known as the Blood Moon, will coincide with Holi celebrations in India on March 14, 2025, captivating skywatchers with its unique reddish-orange coloration during totality, which will last for about an hour.

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  MAPP Rover Stranded as Athena Lander Tips Over During Lunar Mission

  The MAPP rover, designed for lunar exploration, was ready to deploy but remained stuck as the Athena lander tipped over upon landing. The mishap left the rover functional but unable to move, ending the mission prematurely. Despite the setback, Lunar Outpost confirmed that data was successfully collected, and upcoming missions will continue lunar ex...

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  ISRO Expands with Two Launchpads, Chandrayaan-4 to Launch in 2028 with Lunar Sample Return Mission

  Isro is developing two new launchpads in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to support its growing space program. Chandrayaan-4, a 9,200 kg mission planned for 2028, will involve a lunar sample return. The organisation is also collaborating with NASA on the NISAR satellite for environmental monitoring. In the past decade, Isro has launched 433 satellite...

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  NASA Tracks GNSS Signals on Moon, Advancing Lunar Navigation Technology

  NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history by successfully tracking GNSS signals on the Moon through the LuGRE experiment. The technology could revolutionise lunar navigation, aiding missions like Artemis. LuGRE had earlier set records for GNSS signal acquisition in deep space, reaching lunar orbit before its final touchdown. The data collected...

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  NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Moon Probe Struggles with Power and Signal Loss

  NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer, launched on 26 February, has lost communication and is running low on power. The spacecraft, meant to detect water ice on the moon, has been unable to perform key trajectory corrections. Ground controllers are using the Deep Space Network and observatories to assess its position, but recovery remains uncertain. The missi...

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  Athena Lunar Lander Successfully Lands Near Moon’s South Pole on IM-2 Mission

  Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander has successfully landed near the Moon’s south pole as part of NASA’s IM-2 mission. Launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the lander aims to explore lunar resources and test new technologies, including NASA’s PRIME-1 water ice experiment and Nokia’s 4G network. The exact condition of Athena remains...

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  Now, NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals On Moon

  NASA's Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), with the assistance of the Italian Space Agency, has become the first device to track and observe Earth-based navigation signals on the surface of the Moon.