|
|
 |
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 otherwise monochrome piles of rocks and dust. The beads, each less than 1 mm across, formed some 3.3 to 3.6 billion years ago during volcanic eruptions on the surface of the then-young satellite. "They're some of the most amazing extraterrestrial samples we have," said Ryan Ogliore, an associate profess ... read more |
 |
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landingTokyo (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 roverParis (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 explorationParis, 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 bl ... more 
Sierra Space Wins NASA Contract to Advance Lunar Logistics SolutionsLos 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 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Glass Beads Provide Insight into Moon's Mysterious InteriorSydney, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2025 Researchers from Curtin University, Nanjing University, and The Australian National University have discovered unusual high-magnesium glass beads collected by China's Chang'e-5 mission, revealing po ... more
Oracle-M Completes Successful Hot Fire Test for Cislunar Space MissionLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 12, 2025 The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have achieved a critical milestone in cislunar space situational awareness (SSA) with th ... more 
Moon becomes little more out of reach for NASA's VIPER roverWashington DC (UPI) May 7, 2025 NASA is exploring alternative ways to deliver its VIPER rover to the moon after canceling partnership proposals to land a water-seeking robot on the lunar surface. ... more 
ispace Achieves Key Mission 2 Milestone with Successful Lunar Orbit EntryTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 07, 2025 ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global leader in lunar exploration, has announced the successful entry of its RESILIENCE lunar lander into lunar orbit. This critical milestone, known as Succe ... more 
NASA Kennedy Breathes Life into Moon Soil TestingWashington DC (SPX) May 06, 2025 As NASA works to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, researchers have reached a breakthrough by extracting oxygen at a commercial scale from simulated lunar soil at Swamp Works at NASA's Ken ... more |
|
Van Hoeydonck, first artist to exhibit on Moon, dies
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) May 3, 2025 Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, who made what was for decades the only work of art on the Moon, died on Saturday aged 99, his family said on Facebook. Born on October 8, 1925, Van Hoeydonck was a prolific artist whose works spanned sculpture, painting, drawing, collage and graphic design. He is best known for "Fallen Astronaut", an aluminium sculpture left on the moon in 1971 by the crew of the Apollo 15 spacecraft, in homage to their fallen colleagues. It was the first and, for decades, ... read more 
Moon RACER achieves autonomous navigation milestone on lunar terrain vehicleLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 05, 2025 On a simulated lunar landscape, Intuitive Machines has successfully tested the autonomous driving capabilities of its Moon RACER Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) mock-up, marking a major step forward in ... more |
|
|
|
Lockheed Martin completes Orion spacecraft for crewed Artemis II lunar missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2025 Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has finalized assembly and testing of NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission, officially transferring the vehicle to NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) t ... more 
NASA moon instrument to return for subsurface volatile surveyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025 NASA will once again send its Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSOLO) instrument to the Moon, this time aboard a commercial rover under a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreem ... more 
NASA tests hybrid rocket motor to improve safe lunar landingsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2025 NASA's Artemis program will rely on human landing systems developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin to ferry astronauts between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface, paving the way for future crewed mission ... more 
Lunar Gateway Module Reaches Final Assembly Phase for Artemis MissionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2025 NASA's Gateway program is advancing steadily as preparations continue for deep space exploration alongside commercial and international collaborators. The HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) pri ... more
Innovative methods refine search for lunar iceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2025 Scientists continue to push the boundaries of lunar exploration with new strategies to identify and map ice deposits on the Moon. Ice could play a vital role in supporting future human activity on t ... more |
|
|
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2020 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
