The moon-sailing Argonaut is a lander concept from the European Space Agency (ESA), of which DLR is a part. ESA officials ...
A recent breakthrough in lunar exploration has revealed highly cohesive lunar soil at the Chang’e-6 landing site, offering ...
Oxygen ion irradiation from Earth's wind drives oxide formation on the lunar surface, causing the Moon to oxidize due to the ...
Close-up view of astronaut's footprint in lunar soil. A new geological epoch has begun on the moon, which reflects the fact that humans are now the biggest influence on the lunar surface, a group of ...
The Falcon 9 rocket that launched early Thursday from Kennedy Space Center is carrying a lunar lander headed for the Moon. And aboard the lander is a camera conceived, designed, built and tested by 26 ...
When NASA’s Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the moon in 1969 as the first humans, the length and extent of their extravehicular venture were mostly dictated by the ...
FORGET the latest tarmac-tearing Lambo or racy EV – space cars are on the horizon, and we’re already seeing what they’ll look ...
The Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lunar lander is big, beautiful, and preparing to launch within the next four months. Can Blue ...
Just ahead of a planned lunar landing this weekend, Firefly Aerospace has shared more gorgeous footage from its Blue Ghost mission. Currently in low lunar orbit, the spacecraft is passing within 60 ...
If you’re a space enthusiast, you may have seen headlines about “spooky flashes” hitting the moon at the end of October. And ...
The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are ...