Moon Mission

A cadre of NASA astronauts walks toward the Space Launch System moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida before launch of the Artemis 1 test flight last year. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel NASA will unveil the four crew members Monday who will fly around the moon on the first piloted…

Home News Spaceflight Canadarm3 is the centerpiece of Canada's contribution to the Artemis program that led to a seat aboard the Artemis 2 mission. But Canada is involved in a lot more lunar activity as well. (Image credit: Canadian Space Agency) It took four years of negotations for Canada to…

ispace and Epiroc are partnering to develop technology and commercial solutions to be used as early as 2024.   Epiroc Epiroc has signed a long-term collaboration agreement with ispace that will involve Epiroc contributing technology and solutions for commercial Moon missions. ispace is a lunar resource development company with a…

Space A spacesuit designed for the Artemis moon missions is much lighter than those worn by the Apollo astronauts, and allows a greater range of motion By Alex Wilkins A spacesuit similar to the one that will be worn by Artemis astronauts on the moon, but coloured black instead of…

A spacesuit prototype of what NASA astronauts, including the first woman, plan to wear on the surface of the Moon during the agency’s Artemis III mission, is set for reveal during a televised event hosted by Axiom Space beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT (9:30 a.m. CDT) Wednesday...Read More

Dubai: The UAE’s Emirates Lunar Mission is working on a second rover to the Moon, a top official revealed on Wednesday. Dr Hamad Al Marzooqi, project manager, Emirates Lunar Mission (EML), Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), made the announcement while speaking at a plenary session on ‘MBRSC Missions: From…

Home News Spaceflight Orion snapped this high-resolution selfie in space with a camera mounted on its solar array wing during a routine external inspection of the spacecraft on the third day into the Artemis 1 mission. (Image credit: NASA) NASA's Orion spacecraft performed better than expected on its first deep-space…

A high-definition image of Earth taken by Japan’s Kaguya lunar orbiter in November 2007. Credit: JAXA/NHK A new era of lunar exploration is on the rise, with dozens of Moon missions planned for the coming decade. Europe is in the forefront here, contributing to building the Gateway lunar station and…

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST Tuesday, March 7, to provide an update on data analyzed thus far on the agency’s Artemis I Moon mission, the first integrated flight test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, uncrewed Orion spacecraft, and associated ground systems...Read More

TechSpot is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In brief: Space agencies from around the world have rekindled their interest in the Moon. Dozens of lunar missions are in the works for the coming decade including individual and joint efforts. There's still plenty…