Photo: NASA/ullstein bild (Getty Images) If NASA’s Artemis program goes off without a hitch, there will be astronauts living in an outpost near the Moon’s south pole by 2028. The efforts to efficiently plan operations to sustain this moonbase while exploring the lunar surface will be monumental. The White House issued a memorandum on Tuesday … Read more
NASA wants to come up with an out-of-this-world way to keep track of time, putting the moon on its own souped-up clock. It’s not quite a time zone like those on Earth, but an entire frame of time reference for the moon. Because there’s less gravity on the moon, time there moves a tad quicker … Read more
The kids will be over the moon. Hundreds of school districts from Maine to Texas that will experience near total-darkness during next month’s total solar eclipse will shut down or end classes early out of an abundance of caution. The move is an effort to keep students safe, both protecting their eyes from harmful solar … Read more
Russia and China had been jointly working on a lunar programme and Moscow was able to contribute with its expertise on nuclear space energy. Moscow has said it will explore the possibility of a joint Russian-China crewed mission and even a lunar base. (Representational image: pixabay.com) Moscow: Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear … Read more
Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday, something he said could one day allow lunar settlements to be built. Borisov, a former deputy defence minister, said that Russia and China had been jointly working on … Read more
Odysseus has sent back its first images from farthest south any vessel has ever landed on Moon Washington: An American lunar lander that tipped over during touchdown has sent back its first images from the farthest south any vessel has ever landed on the Moon. The uncrewed Odysseus, built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, returned the … Read more
The Odysseus lander transmitted its first photos from the surface of the moon Monday, a milestone for the first lunar probe operated by a private company. On Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 the Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon approximately 125 miles (200 km) … Read more
By Marcia Dunn | Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private U.S. lunar lander tilted over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday. Intuitive Machines, the company that built the six-footed lander, initially said the Odysseus lander was upright after touchdown Thursday. … Read more
A robotic lunar lander developed by Houston-based Intuitive Machines became the first private spacecraft to land on the moon Thursday. The Odysseus lunar lander’s victory was the first U.S. landing on the moon in over 50 years, and faced some difficulties in its trip to the lunar surface, with Intuitive Machines CEO Stephen Altemus calling … Read more
By MARCIA DUNN (AP Aerospace Writer) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander circled the moon while aiming for a touchdown Thursday that would put the U.S. back on the surface for the first time since NASA’s famed Apollo moonwalkers. Intuitive Machines was striving to become the first private business to successfully pull … Read more
