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NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2025 Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA's first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch. At the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, teams are working around the clock to move into integration and final testing of all SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft elements. Recently they completed two key milestones - connecting the SLS upper stage with the rest of the assembled rocket and ... read more |
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![]() Washington 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 ![]() ![]() Tokyo, 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 ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) May 2, 2025 President Donald Trump's proposed NASA budget released Friday puts crewed missions to the Moon and Mars front and center - slashing science and climate programs as it seeks to shrink the agency's funding by nearly a quarter. ... more ![]() ![]() 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. ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) April 30, 2025 Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after six months on the country's space station, state media footage showed, as Beijing advances towards its aim to become a major celestial power. ... more |
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![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 28, 2025 China has selected 10 international projects to join its upcoming Chang'e 8 lunar mission, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Thursday. The chosen initiatives, representi ... more ![]() ![]() Los 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 ![]() ![]() Los 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 ![]() ![]() Los 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 |
![]() Washington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2025 China is allowing six nations, including the United States, to examine moon rocks on loan from the 2020 Chinese Chang'e-5 lunar mission. ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books |
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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. ... more ![]() ![]() Sydney, 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 ![]() ![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 22, 2025 China has successfully established the first three-satellite constellation operating in the distant retrograde orbit (DRO) of the Earth-Moon system, a major achievement in the nation's ongoing expan ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) April 22, 2025 China is expected to launch a new crewed mission into space this week, as Beijing takes steady steps towards its goal of putting astronauts on the Moon. ... more |
![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 The Chang'e 6 mission has unveiled that the Moon's far side mantle holds significantly less water than its near side, offering crucial insight into the Moon's geological history. Analysis of rock sa ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt 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 ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 Expedition 72 astronauts kicked off the week investigating how extended spaceflight alters human vision, while simultaneously conducting other scientific studies, maintaining vital systems, and prep ... more ![]() ![]() Los 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 |
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![]() Los 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 ![]() ![]() Los 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 ![]() ![]() Los 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 ![]() ![]() Sydney, 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 |
![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() Los 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 |
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![]() Sydney, 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 ![]() ![]() Los 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 ![]() ![]() Los 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 ![]() ![]() Los 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 |
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