Moon Mission

On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission. Luna 24 was a robotic sample return mission and the third of its kind. It lifted off on a Proton-K rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and safely landed on the lunar surface nine days later.…

Space Verdict We were impressed with how suitable the Celestron Moon Mission 100mm Tabletop Dobsonian is for beginners and children, especially. Its intention is to whet the appetite of users, introducing children and beginners to the night sky and letting them get to grips with the basics before graduating to…

(Image credit: Lance Ulanoff) Off-planet mobility company Lunar Outpost with use the Nvidia Jetson platform and Nvidia CUDA-X libraries for future lunar missions Nvidia Jetson modules will manage the command and control of the Lunar Voyage 2 rover's LiDAR system, set for launch later in 2026 This follows Lunar Outpost’s…

In a government school classroom in Dowleswaram, a physical science teacher noticed something in a Class 10 student that would eventually take her all the way to New Delhi, and possibly, one day, to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). That student is Kandula Jessie. She is 14 years old,…

NASA has selected three commercial space companies to carry out four new Moon missions in late 2028, marking another major step in the agency's effort to establish a permanent human presence on the lunar surface. Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines will deliver scientific instruments to the Moon as part…

Cameras onboard the Orion spacecraft (foreground) capture the end of a total solar eclipse behind the moon (background) during a close lunar flyby. Chris White, lead communications officer on the Artemis II mission, said this image literally took his breath away. (Image credit: NASA) On April 6, the four crewmembers…

From left: The Artemis II crew—NASA astronaut Christina Koch; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen; and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover—take time out for a group hug inside the Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026. (Image credit: NASA) Nearly 150 million people shared in the "moon joy"…

Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency. (Image credit: Canadian Space Agency) The first non-American to reach the moon is ready for a new mission. Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen , best known for his flight around the moon in April on NASA's Artemis 2…

Canada’s space programme has never been about scale alone. It has been about strategic specialisation: doing a few difficult things exceptionally well and using those capabilities to secure a place in the world’s most important space partnerships. Today, that approach is visible in Canada’s role in lunar exploration, space robotics,…

When Artemis II blasted off in April for its historic 10-day mission around the far side of the moon, National Geographic partnered with NASA to send cameras along for the ride. The astronauts captured clips for their fellow Earthlings of what life was like inside the Orion spacecraft —including one very…