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Call For Ideas For Research On The Deep Space GatewayParis (ESA) Aug 22, 2017 The European Space Agency (ESA) invites members of the science community in Europe to propose ideas for research that could be performed on the Deep Space Gateway, a crewed spaceship in lunar vicinity. The Deep Space Gateway is a strategic platform that is being prepared by the International Space Station partner agencies to be humanity's next step beyond Low-Earth Orbit and out into the Solar System. Operations would take place during the 2020's in the vicinity of the Moon. With the present ... read more |
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 Northrop Grumman to buy space firm Orbital for $9.2 bn NASA's Robotic 'Sniffer' Confirms Space Station Leak, Repair Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific With NASA Science Experiments NASA's one-year mission investigates how space affects astronauts' functional performance Ice mined on Mars could provide water for humans exploring space Sentinel-5P launch preparations in full swing | .. |
 Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry The moon is likely very dry in its interior according to a new study from researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, published August 21, 2017 in t ... more | .. |
 Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project Russia's Roscosmos State Space Corporation on Friday said it approved a model of the Luna-25 space station created as part of the development project Luna-Glob Moon exploration program with the star ... more | .. |
 Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed The moon's magnetic field lasted 1 billion to 2.5 billion years longer than once thought - a finding with important implications for habitability on other moons and planets throughout the universe, ... more | .. |
 Reality Bites for Google Lunar X-Prize Once again, the ever-fluid deadline for the Google Lunar X-Prize (GLXP) has been extended. This award is now getting well beyond its use-by date. The GLXP was already on shaky ground before this. Th ... more |
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 Lunar dynamo's lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years New evidence from ancient lunar rocks suggests that an active dynamo once churned within the molten metallic core of the moon, generating a magnetic field that lasted at least 1 billion years longer ... more | .. |
 NASA studies tethered CubeSat mission to study Lunar swirls A novel mission concept involving two CubeSats connected by a thin, miles-long tether could help scientists understand how the Moon got its mysterious "tattoos" - swirling patterns of light and dark ... more | .. |
 Astronauts to bring asteroid back into lunar orbit Future space exploration aims to fly further from Earth than ever before. Now, Italian Space Agency scientists have expressed an interest in contributing to the development of robotic technologies t ... more | .. |
 Florida startup boldly sets sights on moon Florida startup Moon Express is setting its sights high: ambitiously shooting to become the first private company to launch a small, unmanned craft to the moon before the year's out. ... more |
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Moon could be wetter than thought, say scientists The Moon, long thought to be a dry, inhospitable orb, hosts surprisingly large sub-surface water reserves, which one day may quench the thirst of lunar explorers from Earth, scientists said Monday. ... more | .. |
 How Light Looks Different on the Moon and What NASA Is Doing About It Things look different on the Moon. Literally. Because the Moon isn't big enough to hold a significant atmosphere, there is no air and there are no particles in the air to reflect and scatter sunligh ... more | .. |
 United Launch Alliance to launch Astrobotic mission to the Moon Astrobotic and United Launch Alliance report that Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander will be onboard a ULA launch vehicle in 2019, during the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. "Astrobotic is thr ... more | .. |
 Scientists spy new evidence of water in the moon's interior A new study of satellite data finds that numerous volcanic deposits distributed across the surface of the Moon contain unusually high amounts of trapped water compared with surrounding terrains. The ... more |
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 Living in Deep Space: Lockheed Martin to Build Full-Scale Prototype of NASA Cislunar Habitat Refurbishing a shuttle-era cargo container used to transfer cargo to the International Space Station, Lockheed Martin is prototyping a deep space habitat for NASA at Kennedy Space Center. This proto ... more | .. |
Neil Armstrong moon bag sells for $1.8mn in New York A bag Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of the moon - which was once nearly thrown out with the trash - sold at auction Thursday for $1.8 million, Sotheby's said. ... more | .. |
 How to rescue a Moonwalker in need During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration. Four 'aquanau ... more | .. |
 Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) proposed a plan on Wednesday to send the country's astronauts to the Moon after 2025, local media reported. According to the NHK broadcaster, the ... more |
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 Discovery could reduce nuclear waste by chemically reengineering molecules SLAC-led project will use AI to prevent or minimize electric grid failures A new kind of optical nanosensor uses torque for signal processing HZDR physicists discover optimum conditions for laser plasma acceleration New fluorescent dyes could advance biological imaging New insights into nanocrystal growth in liquid | .. |
Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030 Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country's space agency. ... more | .. |
 Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions Russia's Lavochkin Research and Production Association is ready to work with China on designing lunar exploration missions, including orbital and return ones, Sergei Lemeshevsky, the Russian company ... more | .. |
 New NELIOTA project detects flashes from lunar impacts Using a system developed under an ESA contract, the Greek NELIOTA project has begun to detect flashes of light caused by small pieces of rock striking the Moon's surface. NELIOTA is the first system ... more | .. |
 Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers Tenacity and drive are hallmarks of Cornell University's Cislunar Explorers Team. But there is another key factor in building and testing their spacecraft: Just add water. "The core concept be ... more |
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 Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon If you could fly a CubeSat to the Moon, what could such a tiny satellite do there? ESA posed this question - and now four proposals will be studied in more detail for possible flight over the coming ... more | .. |
 Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat Bricks have been 3D printed out of simulated moondust using concentrated sunlight - proving in principle that future lunar colonists could one day use the same approach to build settlements on the M ... more | .. |
 NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission NASA has selected an instrument developed by Mark Robinson of ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) and Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) to map the terrain and search for evidence of ... more | .. |
 Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS Russian aerospace company RSC Energia and its US partners have worked out several options of sending tourists into the Moon's orbit and to the International Space Station (ISS), Energia's General Di ... more |
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