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  Jiuquan, China (AFP) April 23, 2025 China announced on Wednesday that a veteran astronaut will lead two crew members on their first flight to the Tiangong space station, the latest milestone in its race to send a manned mission to the Moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-20 mission is scheduled to blast off at 5:17 pm on Thursday (0917 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), told a news conference. At the helm will be Chen Dong, a 46-year-old for ... read more |
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Current hurdles and technological roadmap for processing lunar hyperspectral orbiter dataSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 23, 2025 Spectral imagers have become vital tools in the quest to unravel the Moon's mineralogical makeup, playing a central role in today's lunar science missions. As interest grows in acquiring higher-qual ... more 
Can Solar Wind Make Water on Moon? NASA Experiment Shows MaybeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 16, 2025 Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the Sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the Moon. When a stream of charged particles known as the solar wind smashes into the lunar su ... more
Surviving lunar night with radioisotope energyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 At the 40th Space Symposium, ispace technologies U.S., inc. (ispace-U.S.) and Zeno Power Systems, Inc. (Zeno Power) announced a joint initiative to develop power systems that enable sustained operat ... more 
Voyager unveils dust-resistant coating tested on lunar surfaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 Voyager Technologies (Voyager) has marked a milestone in lunar technology advancement with the arrival of its proprietary Clear Dust-Repellent Coating (CDRC) on the Moon. Delivered aboard Firefly Ae ... more |
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Blue Skies Space to Design CubeSat Constellation for Lunar-Based Cosmology ResearchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 Blue Skies Space has secured funding from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to explore the design of a CubeSat-based satellite constellation capable of orbiting the Moon and conducting observations of ... more |
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Engineer targets next frontier in lunar welding technologyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 As plans to establish long-term human presence on the Moon and Mars accelerate, researchers are developing new techniques to enable construction in hostile, low-gravity environments. One such breakt ... more 
Chinese study reveals lower water content in lunar farside mantleSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 Chinese researchers analyzing rock samples from the Chang'e-6 lunar mission have determined that the Moon's farside mantle holds significantly less water than the nearside. The study, led by Prof. H ... more  
NASA Uses Moonlight to Refine Satellite Earth MonitoringLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 Flying beneath a waxing Moon in March 2025, NASA's ER-2 aircraft transformed into a unique lunar observatory, soaring above the clouds from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Califo ... more 
Differences in lunar space weathering revealed by farside samplesSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 This study, led by Dr. XIAN Haiyang and Dr. ZHU Jianxi from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presents groundbreaking findings from the Chang'e-6 lunar m ... more |
Redwire and ispace-US forge partnership to pursue lunar mission contractsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a prominent developer of space infrastructure, has entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding with ispace technologies-U.S., inc. (ispace-U.S.), an America ... more  |
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Sierra Space teams with Honda and Tec-Masters for ISS clean energy testLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Sierra Space has announced a strategic partnership with Honda and Tec-Masters to conduct in-orbit testing of Honda's advanced water electrolysis system aboard the International Space Station (ISS). ... more 
True Anomaly expands Jackal spacecraft operations to GEO and lunar spaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 True Anomaly Inc., a leader in developing advanced defense-focused space technologies, has unveiled plans to extend the operational envelope of its Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle (AOV) to geosync ... more  
Solar panels from Moon dust may revolutionize lunar energy supplyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 In a significant advance for lunar sustainability, scientists have fabricated solar cells using simulated Moon dust, offering a lightweight, radiation-resistant energy source for future Moon mission ... more
Sidus Space expands $120M lunar satellite deal with LonestarLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 09, 2025 Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has finalized an expanded preliminary agreement with Lonestar Data Holdings, extending a collaborative initiative now valued at around $120 million. This enhanced partners ... more |
Trump's NASA chief pick says will 'prioritize' Mars missionWashington (AFP) April 9, 2025 NASA will prioritize sending astronauts to Mars, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US space agency said Wednesday, shifting focus beyond a long-planned return to the Moon - but insisting both were achievable. ... more
Honda to test renewable tech in space soonWashington (AFP) April 4, 2025 Honda will partner with US companies to test in orbit a renewable energy technology it hopes to one day deploy on the Moon's surface, the Japanese carmaker announced Friday. ... more
China highlights major strides in moon research and explorationSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 China's lunar exploration initiative has seen consistent advancements across science, technology, engineering, and international partnerships, according to Wu Weiren, chief designer of the Chinese L ... more  
Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit MoonParis (AFP) April 3, 2025 An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. ... more |
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Karman expands spacecraft production with advanced clean room facility Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 Karman Space and Defense (NYSE: KRMN), a prominent provider of precision-engineered systems for missiles, uncrewed aerial vehicles, and spacecraft, has unveiled a new ISO 8 clean room facility at it ... more 
Bacterial bio-repair method strengthens lunar construction bricksSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 02, 2025 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have devised an innovative method to repair bricks made from lunar soil using bacteria, a technique that could prove essential for maintaining s ... more
Lunar soundwave tech offers new hope for extracting Moon iceLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 The UK Space Agency has announced the winner of its Aqualunar Challenge, a Pounds 150,000 award recognizing pioneering technology to purify water extracted from frozen lunar soil. Gloucestershire-b ... more 
GITAI to Design Robotic Arm for JAXA Crewed Lunar RoverLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 GITAI, a robotics firm with headquarters in the United States, has announced that its Japanese division, GITAI Japan Inc., has secured a contract with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) t ... more |
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Space Applications drives lunar mobility forward with new rover initiativesParis, France (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 Space Applications Services is accelerating its efforts in lunar exploration with two major rover initiatives: the commercially targeted LUVMI-M and the European Space Agency (ESA)-backed LPSR logis ... more |
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The Sky's Not the Limit for NASA's Next-Gen Landing Navigation TechLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2025 A cutting-edge navigation system developed by Psionic, Inc. took to the skies over California recently, riding aboard an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft to undergo rigorous testing at speeds approaching Mach ... more 
NASA proves dust shield works in lunar environmentLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2025 NASA has successfully tested its Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) on the Moon, confirming its ability to repel abrasive lunar regolith during Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1, which conclude ... more 
JAXA adopts Spirent lunar navigation simulation to advance Moon missionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), a leader in test and assurance solutions for emerging network technologies, has been chosen by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to deliver an advan ... more 
Firefly taps Honeybee Robotics to deliver rover for 2028 Moon dome missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 Firefly Aerospace has selected Honeybee Robotics, a subsidiary of Blue Origin, to supply a lunar rover for its upcoming 2028 mission to the Gruithuisen Domes, located on the Moon's near side. The mi ... more |
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