News About Our Moon
July 14, 2025
Chang'e-6 mission reveals ancient volcanic and magnetic secrets from Moon's farside

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2025
The Moon's near and far sides differ dramatically in terrain, crust, and volcanic history-a mystery that has long perplexed scientists. This disparity is now better understood thanks to China's Chang'e-6 mission, which launched on May 3, 2024, and returned 1,935.3 grams of lunar material from the South Pole-Aitken Basin (SPA) on June 25, 2024. The SPA, a 2,500-kilometer-wide structure, is the oldest, deepest, and largest impact basin on the Moon. Earlier research suggested that the SPA formed abou ... read more
NASA selects science payloads for Artemis lunar exploration rover
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2025
NASA has chosen three scientific instruments to support Artemis lunar exploration, assigning two for use on the upcoming Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) and reserving one for a future Moon-orbiting miss ... more
Halogen clues shed light on lunar crust evolution
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 11, 2025
Rocks from the Moon's near side hold unexpectedly high levels of chlorine, offering fresh insights into the processes that shaped the lunar crust. An international team led by the University of Muns ... more
Probing the cosmic Dark Ages from the far side of the Moon
London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2025
Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the 'Cosmic Dawn' by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an "ancient whisper" on the far side of the Moon. The proposed mission will stud ... more
Young lunar meteorite sheds light on missing chapter in Moon's volcanic timeline
London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2025
A meteorite discovered in Africa in 2023 has been dated to 2.35 billion years old, making it the youngest known basaltic lunar meteorite and filling a nearly billion-year void in the Moon's volcanic ... more
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Spacecraft Bus Commissioning Complete for NASA's Arcstone
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2025
Commissioning of the bus, or the main structure of the satellite, has now been completed for NASA's Arcstone lunar calibration instrument. Arcstone will now continue to go through commissionin ... more
Chinese 3D printing system uses lunar soil to construct habitats
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
A pioneering 3D printing technology developed by Chinese researchers is enabling the creation of lunar structures using only soil collected directly from the Moon, eliminating the need to transport ... more
New Ocula imaging service to deliver detailed lunar data from orbit
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2025
Firefly Aerospace has unveiled a new lunar imaging service called Ocula, set to debut as early as 2026 aboard its Elytra spacecraft. Enabled by high-resolution ultraviolet and visible spectrum teles ... more
Japan's ispace blames 'hard landing' on moon on Laser Range Finder
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2025
Japanese company ispace said Tuesday that a "hard landing" during its attempted lunar landing in early June was due to an anomaly in the Laser Range Finder. ... more
DLR and NASA expand Artemis partnership with enhanced lunar radiation detectors
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 23, 2025
DLR and NASA have signed a renewed agreement to strengthen their collaborative efforts in space medicine, with a particular emphasis on radiation research. The announcement came during the Paris Air ... more
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Lunar dust poses lower health risk than urban air pollution study shows
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2025
New research led by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) reveals that lunar dust is considerably less toxic to human lung cells than typical Earth-based air pollution. This finding offers reass ... more
High precision LLNL telescope to drive next generation lunar imaging
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is advancing a major leap in lunar imaging through a partnership with Firefly Aerospace. The lab's cutting-edge optical telescope system is set to fly a ... more
Why the moon shimmers with shiny glass beads
St. Louis, MO (SPX) Jun 12, 2025
The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn't expect to see drifts of tiny, bright orange glass beads glistening among the ... more
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
Tokyo (AFP) June 6, 2025
Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said. ... more
ESA supports Moon mission carrying first European rover
Paris (ESA) Jun 04, 2025
RESILIENCE is the spacecraft element of ispace Mission 2 "SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon", the latest step in the company's lunar exploration programme. It launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fro ... more
High-definition Moon landing videos set to transform lunar exploration

Paris, France (SPX) Jun 03, 2025
)The next time astronauts step onto the Moon, viewers will experience it in stunning high-definition color and at up to 60 frames per second. This marks a significant leap forward from the grainy black-and-white images broadcast during the Apollo missions. ESA and its partner, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), are determined to ensure the best possible video coverage of future lunar expeditions, despite challenges such as lunar dust, signal delays, and limited bandwidth. To prepare, they conducte ... read more
Sierra Space Wins NASA Contract to Advance Lunar Logistics Solutions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2025
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and defense technology leader, announced it has secured a NASA contract under the NextSTEP-2 Appendix R for Lunar Logistics and Mobility Studies. The contrac ... more

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NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2025
Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, part ... more
Next phase of NASA's Artemis II testing set to begin
Washington DC (UPI) May 29, 2025
The next phase of testing is set to begin for NASA's crewed Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon, the administration announced Thursday, and will serve as a foundation for travel to Mars. ... more
Why are some rocks on the moon highly magnetic
Boston MA (SPX) May 26, 2025
Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft picked up signs of a high magnetic field in lunar surface rocks. The moon it ... more
China's Queqiao-2 Satellite Ready for Global Lunar Mission Support
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 20, 2025
Queqiao-2, China's dedicated relay satellite for lunar landing missions, is now poised to support both domestic and international lunar exploration efforts, according to the Deep Space Exploration L ... more
More int'l space cooperation now that Norway is 55th Artemis Accords partner
Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2025
Norway became the 55th nation to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Oslo Thursday, agreeing to a pact designed to promote international cooperation in space exploration. ... more
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