Moon Mission

China’s Chang’e 5 moon lander and ascent vehicle separate from the orbiter/return vehicle early on Monday ahead of a landing in the moon’s Ocean of Storms for a lunar sample mission. Photo: CCTV Lander and ascender vehicle arrive to drill into the surface for samples Orbiter will continue circling the…

Home News Spaceflight The HI-SEAS habitat, located on the volcano Mauna Loa and run by the International MoonBase Alliance. (Image: © Fabio Teixeira) Dr. Michaela Musilova is the director of Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) program, which conducts analog missions to the moon and Mars for scientific research…

To the Moon — If successful, we'll have the first new lunar samples in decades. John Timmer - Nov 24, 2020 5:44 pm UTC Enlarge / China's heavy lift vehicle, the Long March 5, starting its liftoff with the Chang'e 5 mission.On Monday, China successfully sent the latest in its…

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has revealed that he will be leaving his post now that it appears Joe Biden will be President.  Bridenstine was appointed by Trump early on in his presidency, and the NASA boss has been trying to gain funding for a return to the Moon by 2024.…

NASA’s VIPER rover mission will hunt for traces of water on the Moon’s South Pole. Due to the angle of light and the dark terrain, NASA will equip the rover with headlights. This is the first time a NASA rover has been built with headlights. NASA is going back to…

NASA is seeking new partners to help the agency tell the story of human exploration at the Moon with the Artemis program in ways that engage, excite, and inspire a worldwide audience.Read More

Space Launch Software — "Flight systems should be developed for success with a goal to test like you fly." Eric Berger - Oct 5, 2020 12:22 pm UTC Enlarge / Teams at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility move the Core Stage toward a barge in January that will carry it to…

Home News Spaceflight Update for 9:57 p.m. EDT, Oct. 2: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the GPS III SV04 navigation satellite for the U.S. Space Force suffered an abort just two seconds before tonight's liftoff. SpaceX may attempt the launch on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 9:39 p.m. EDT (0139…

If NASA is going to have a long-term presence on the Moon, it’s going to need an alternative to typical solar power — lunar nights can last for over two weeks in some cases. And the agency is turning to outsiders for help. It’s partnering with HeroX on a “Watts…

Media accreditation is now open for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Green Run hot fire test – the test of the rocket’s core stage and all of its integrated systems before its flight on the Artemis I lunar mission, scheduled for 2021.Read More