Moon Mission

August 24, 2026 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm The search for frozen water is crucial to both China’s and NASA’s plans to establish permanent moon bases By Adam Kovac edited by Claire Cameron The combination of the Chang’e 7 lunar probe and the Long March 5…

China abruptly postpones ambitious lunar mission  PoliticoChina postpones launch of unprecedented water-hunting moon mission amid space race  CNNChina's bid for lunar water launches Sunday as the new space race heats up  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and VideosThe United States is about to wake up to the threat from China’s space…

China is set to launch its Chang’e-7 unmanned, robotic space mission, possibly as early as Monday morning, to look for ice water in the permanently shadowed craters of the moon’s south pole. This marks China’s seventh and most ambitious moon mission so far. Here is what we know about it.…

In brief China's next moon mission is expected to launch later this month. Chang'e 7's unique mission will try to find frozen water on the moon's surface and see if it could be accessed. How do you explore a place where the sun never shines? China's space program will soon…

How do you explore a place where the Sun never shines? China’s space programme will soon embark on one of the most innovative lunar exploration missions in recent years. We’ve known for nearly two decades that some form of water exists on the Moon. What we still don’t know is…

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…