Moon Mission

The Orion and ESM for Artemis I is currently going through testingThe European Space Agency has asked the aerospace company Airbus to build another service module for the Americans' Orion crew capsule.This contract, worth around €250m (£225m), is particularly noteworthy, however.That's because the hardware will be part of the mission…

Image copyright NASA Image caption The Orion and ESM for Artemis I is currently going through testing The European Space Agency has asked the aerospace company Airbus to build another service module for the Americans' Orion crew capsule.This contract, worth around €250m (£225m), is particularly noteworthy, however.That's because the hardware…

NASA is seeking US citizens for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for missions to Mars and the moon. The international space agency is preparing for its next spaceflight simulation study and is seeking healthy participants to live together with a small crew in isolation for eight months…

John Raoux/APDoug Loverro's mistake reportedly relates to breaking a rule during Nasa's procurement of Moon landers. (File photo).The head of Nasa's human space flight programme has abruptly resigned after making a "mistake" a week before the first launch of astronauts from US soil for a decade. Doug Loverro was overseeing…

Illustration of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket during the In-Flight Abort Test for Nasa's Commercial Crew Program: SpaceXThe head of NASA's human space flight resigned a week before the first manned launch on US soil in almost a decade, citing a "mistake" reported to be over the…

Moon-mining machinations are perhaps the most grandiose example of space work continuing through the pandemic, but they’re far from the only ones. Few might immediately think of astronauts as essential workers or rocket launches as mandatory for the nation’s survival. But based on the permitted activities of both NASA and…

The simulant can be used to control the mobility of the rover for scientific exploration and for the study of geo-technical or mechanical properties of lunar soil TopicsChandrayaan-2 | Isro projects | isro launch Gireesh Babu  |  Chennai  Last Updated at May 19, 2020 20:55 IST Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has received a…

NASA has unveiled a series of principles to govern the behavior of countries participating in the 2024 moon mission.Called Artemis Accords, the space agency will require partners to sign the doctrine that focuses on creating a 'safe and prosperous future' between nations in a new era for space exploration.The agreement…

“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth,” – Henry David Thoreau The moon is in trouble. And so are we. Bruce Gagnon: NASA is not really looking for the ‘origins of life,’ as it tells school children today. Instead, it is laying the…

Tech12:43 GMT 09.05.2020(updated 12:45 GMT 09.05.2020) Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105978/18/1059781814_0:113:2200:1351_1200x675_80_0_0_4d50eee296a9ee2df6b6d7b59cde180f.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngOleg Burunov. Sputnik Internationalhttps://sputniknews.com/science/202005091079256020-japanese-scientists-discovery-challenges-big-splash-theory-of-moon-origin/The breakthrough discovery comes after scientists looked into the research results obtained with the help of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s SELENE spacecraft, nicknamed Kaguya, which was on a Moon mission from 2007 to 2009.A team of scientists…