These Crypto Companies Want to ‘Commoditize’ the Moon
One company is calling on all crypto pirates to sail more than 200,000 miles to the lunar surface to recover a bitcoin booty left on the Moon. The advertised 62…
Chinese Moon Mission Finds a Potential Water Reservoir in Lunar Soil
Researchers studying lunar soil samples from China’s Chang’e-5 mission believe they may have found a water reservoir on Earth’s arid satellite. CC Off English The evidence comes from beads of…
NASA’s Artemis Moon Rover Is Officially Under Construction
NASA engineers are making progress on the agency’s Moon rover, which could begin its lunar adventure on the rocky satellite sometime in the mid 2020s. CC Off English The Volatiles…
NASA picks a commercial partner to visit the far side of the moon
NASA has big plans for the moon. From sending the first crewed mission to land on its surface in 50 years to setting up a space station in orbit, the…
A NASA Telescope on the Moon’s Far Side Would Explore the Universe’s ‘Dark Ages’
In a bid to understand even more about our mysterious and massive universe, NASA is partnering with the Department of Energy on an ambitious lunar project. The two agencies announced…
UK Space Agency Funds Rolls-Royce Nuclear Reactor Project to Power Moon Bases
As humanity resets its gaze toward Moon, British aerospace company Rolls-Royce Holdings is continuing its work on developing nuclear power sources for spaceflight and exploration. Today, the company announced funding…
Everything We Learned From the NASA-Axiom Moon Suit Unveiling
Photo: Axiom Space The most noticeable thing about the Moon suit shown yesterday was its dark gray color highlighted by streaks of orange and blue. The suit that astronauts will…
NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite suffered another wobble but is now working again
NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite, in an experimental orbit around the moon, has been experiencing communications problems but is now back and running as it should be. The small CubeSat was designed…
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight satellite won’t make it to its planned orbit
This week has seen good news for one NASA moon mission, as the CAPSTONE satellite recovered from a communications issue, but bad news for another. The Lunar Flashlight mission, which…
Astrophysicists propose cooling Earth by using Moon dust as ‘sunscreen’
The world is no stranger to the perilous impact of global warming. Research courtesy of experts at the University of California, Irvine that was published last month warns of an…