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Intuitive Machines wins funding to advance orbital logistics vehicleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 Intuitive Machines has secured a $9.8 million government contract to progress its Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) through Critical Design Review, the final engineering phase before manufacturing begi ... more  
Lunar rover tire collaboration aims for deployment by 2029Tokyo Japan (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 ispace, inc. has signed an agreement with Bridgestone Corporation to jointly develop and evaluate tires for future small and medium-sized lunar rovers. The initiative aims to accelerate practical de ... more 
China allocates fresh batch of lunar samples to domestic research institutionsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 China has approved the ninth round of lunar sample lending applications, distributing over 30 grams of moon material to 32 research teams across 25 institutions. These samples, retrieved by the Chan ... more 
Moonquake hazards raise concern for future long-term lunar missionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 A new study has identified moonquakes-not meteor strikes-as the primary cause of surface disturbances in the Taurus-Littrow valley, the Apollo 17 landing site. The research suggests that ground shak ... more |
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Mapping lunar landscapes begins in Norway's fjordsParis, France (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 Alone in a secluded Norwegian fjord, three astronaut trainees pore over scientific plans crafted with lunar exploration in mind. Before stepping into the rugged terrain, they consult a tablet brimmi ... more 
NASA readying for crewed Artemis II moon flightWashington DC (UPI) Jul 30, 2025 NASA is preparing for its April 2026 Artemis II 10-day mission that will send a crew of four around the moon to prepare for future crewed moon landings. ... more 
Team led by MDA Space to define future of Canadian lunar vehicle programLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025 MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA) has been selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to lead a key early-phase study for Canada's proposed Lunar Utility Vehicle (LUV), the company announced. The effort wi ... more 
Lunar soil machine developed to build bricks using sunlightTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 30, 2025 A Chinese research team has created a prototype machine that transforms moon soil into durable construction bricks using solar energy, marking a critical step toward building lunar structures from l ... more |
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NASA picks Firefly Aerospace for ambitious 2029 lunar rover and instrument deliveryLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025 NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver two rovers and three instruments to the Moon's South Pole region ... more |
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NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforceWashington (AFP) July 26, 2025 The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump's sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce - at the same time as the president prioritizes plans for crewed missions to the Moon and Mars. ... more
NASA: Senegal is 56th country to sign Artemis AccordsWashington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2025 Senegal has become the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration, NASA announced Friday. ... more 
Lunar habitat module project advances under Thales Alenia Space and ASI agreementParis, France (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to carry out the preliminary design and technology development for the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module, set to bec ... more 
Sidus Space debuts LunarLizzie 800kg lunar platform built for real time AI terrain intelligenceMerritt Island FL (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Sidus Space has introduced LunarLizzie, its most advanced 800kg-class spacecraft engineered specifically for lunar and cislunar missions. Equipped with onboard AI, LiDAR, and hyperspectral imaging, ... more |
Moon erosion by solar wind far less than expected finds lunar rock studyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 The Moon's fragile exosphere, a sparse envelope of gas surrounding the lunar body, is mainly generated by interactions between the Moon's surface and external forces. Until now, scientists believed ... more  |
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Young magmas on the came from much shallower depthsGainesville FL (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 New research on the rocks collected by China's Chang'e 5 mission is rewriting our understanding of how the moon cooled. Stephen Elardo, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Geological Sciences with the ... more 
Moon erosion by solar wind far weaker than previously believedBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 The surface of the Moon is constantly exposed to the solar wind-a stream of charged particles from the Sun that can dislodge atoms from the lunar surface and contribute to its thin exosphere. Howeve ... more 
Lunar soil shows promise for in-situ oxygen and fuel productionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 Scientists have developed a new method to extract water from lunar soil and use it to generate oxygen and fuel, offering a potential path toward sustainable life-support systems on the Moon. The tec ... more
UCF researchers developing new methods to passively mitigate lunar dust for space explorationOrlando FL (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 Lunar dust is more than a mild irritant or hallmark of an untidy room like dust found on Earth. Lunar dust particles are sharp and abrasive due to the lack of atmosphere gradually dulling thei ... more |
Juice radar shows lunar mapping success in Apollo Earthrise regionParis, France (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 When ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) performed a lunar flyby in August 2024, its Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) captured its first radargram by listening to radio echoes bouncing off ... more 
Pope calls Buzz Aldrin to mark 1969 moon landingCastel Gandolfo, Italy (AFP) July 20, 2025 Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called astronaut Buzz Aldrin and visited the Vatican's astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo to mark the 56th anniversary of man's first moon landing. ... more 
Electrolyzer experiment from SwRI and UTSA to fly in low gravity test missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2025 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have secured $500,000 in funding from NASA's TechLeap Prize initiative to conduct a parabolic flight test of a n ... more 
NASA selects science payloads for Artemis lunar exploration roverLos 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 |
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Chang'e-6 mission reveals ancient volcanic and magnetic secrets from Moon's farsideTokyo, 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 Chan ... more 
Halogen clues shed light on lunar crust evolutionBerlin, 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  
Artificial solar eclipses in space could shed light on SunLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2025 Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our Sun much quicker than if they had to wait for the celestial show on Earth. The plan, par ... more 
Probing the cosmic Dark Ages from the far side of the MoonLondon, 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 |
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Young lunar meteorite sheds light on missing chapter in Moon's volcanic timelineLondon, 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 habitatsTokyo, 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  
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses low risk of Moon impact in 2032 Paris, France (SPX) Jun 30, 2025 Asteroid 2024 YR4 gained attention after its discovery in late December 2024, when automated systems indicated a small chance of Earth impact in 2032. This probability briefly rose to 3%, prompting ... more
New Ocula imaging service to deliver detailed lunar data from orbitLos 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 |
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