Artemis updates Illustration of a SpaceX Starship lunar lander prototype docked with the Orion spacecraft in Earth orbit, as ...

The near-polar lunar surface and environment had never been measured in-situ before Chandrayaan 3 arrived. Now our understanding of it has been grounded in measurements just as we prepare to send a ...

Many people think that the Moon is just a gray ball of rock in our sky. Surprisingly, many scientists seem to share this notion. I once had a physicist tell me the Moon is scientifically boring. That ...

China demonstrated optical laser communications between a lunar orbiter and Earth, as part of its efforts to build a lunar navigation and communications network. Here’s a comprehensive review of each ...

Where did our Moon come from? The origin of Earth’s cosmic companion is a fundamental question in planetary science. From Galileo’s first telescopic observations of the Moon to humans walking on its ...

The special issue of papers also has one which details various redundancy measures China is planning for to ensure the safety of taikonauts throughout various phases of Moon missions should any key ...

The bulk of the SLS rocket core stage for the Artemis III mission is seen here arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. I love the scale of the image being so apparent with people and cars ...

Illustrations of various elements of NASA’s new vision for an Artemis Moon Base. Images: NASA (1, 2) The development and test progress necessary for a version of Starship that has not yet flown in ...

Like last year’s overview of a happening 2024 in global lunar exploration, I present to you a comprehensive, curated, and contextualized linked rundown of lunar technology and science developments ...

Moon Monday #277: How quickly Blue flies New Glenn again, the timing and outcome of the first Mark 1 lander flight, and what NASA shares about the crewed Mark 2 are the key things to watch out for.

Aggregated solar illumination map of the Moon’s south pole made from stacked observations by NASA’s LRO spacecraft. The brightest spots are topographic highs that are maximally sunlit whereas the ...

China announced last month that it has demonstrated two-way optical laser communications between Earth and its DRO-A satellite, which was launched in 2024 and put in a stable Distant Retrograde Orbit ...