Moon Mission

NASA is considering extending the timeline to start establishing a base for humans on the moon, potentially disrupting a central element of President Trump’s space ambitions. Trump administration officials have long said plans to return U.S. astronauts to the lunar surface also had to simultaneously lay the groundwork for setting…

NASA has announced two sets of instruments that will be carried aboard its planned Lunar Gateway space station. NASA’s Gateway project aims to have astronauts orbiting the moon by 2025, with the construction of the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway acting as a base of operations for lunar missions and eventually, missions…

NASA has shared an out of this world image as the space agency marks the anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 9 mission.PUBLISHED: 10:33, Sat, Mar 14, 2020 | UPDATED: 10:37, Sat, Mar 14, 2020 Apollo 9 saw three astronauts blasted into the Earth’s orbit for 10 days as a test…

by Jeff Foust — March 13, 2020 Doug Loverro, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said March 13 NASA's revised plans for returning to the moon by 2024 would not relay on the lunar Gateway and may not attempt to integrate lunar lander elements in orbit around the…

It's even worse than it appears. Italians in lockdown all over Italy are keeping each other company by singing, dancing and playing music from the balconies. A thread to celebrate the resilience of ordinary people. # I've started a page of notes for Woodstock in the here and now. #…

NASA  |  Photo Credit: IANS NASA has selected the first two scientific investigations that will support its upcoming mission to Moon. While one will observe space weather, the other will monitor the Sun's radiation environment. The two investigations will fly aboard the Gateway, an orbital outpost which will support "Artemis" lunar…

(MENAFN - IANS) Washington, March 13 (IANS) NASA has selected the first two scientific investigations that will support its upcoming mission to Moon. While one will observe space weather, the other will monitor the Sun's radiation environment.The two investigations will fly aboard the Gateway, an orbital outpost which will support…

The rocket and spacecraft NASA plans to use to get astronauts to the moon could cost as much as $50 billion, according to a government watchdog report released Tuesday — far more than the space agency had said it would need to meet a White House mandate to return to…

NASA's ambitious plan to put boots on the Moon in 2024 is looking increasingly costly and increasingly unlikely if the current cost overruns and delays are any indication, according to a report by the agency's Office of the Inspector General. "NASAs continue… Read More

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