Chinese Chang’e-5 probe touched down in the Siziwang district at 1:30 local time Thursday, bringing the first lunar soil samples to Earth in more than 45 years. Chinese ground crews are standing by for the return of the lunar probe that launched for the Moon on November 23 and landed on the surface on December 1. … Read more
Space exploration is expensive, and NASA is always looking for ways to economize. The US space agency will be saving some big bucks by paying a Colorado startup just $1 to collect soil samples from the moon. The company, Lunar Outpost, has agreed to send a rover to the lunar South Pole in 2023 to … Read more
Beijing’s space authority has released a picture of a Chinese national flag being displayed on the moon as its lunar probe Chang’e-5 makes its way back to Earth bringing lunar samples for the first time in 40 years. The flag was made of fabric and weighed 12 grams (0.4 ounces), said the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP). … Read more
China’s lunar probe Chang’e-5 has taken off from the moon to bring rock samples from the moon back to Earth for the first time in 40 years, according to Chinese space authority. The Chang’e-5 lander-ascender combination displayed a Chinese national flag before successfully separating, Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP) announced late Thursday. The mission’s ascender reached … Read more
China has launched its Chang’e-5 probe into space, which will set down on the moon to collect samples from the lunar surface. The Long March-5 rocket took off around 3:35pm ET from the Wenchang launch site in Hainan province for what is a major advancement in the country’s space program. The probe is set to release a … Read more
Britain’s first man on the moon? Tim Peake reveals he is ‘still in frame’ for NASA’s second lunar space mission Peake would become the first British person to set foot on the moon if chosen NASA’s Artemis programme will land on the moon for the first time since 1972 The space organisation plans to land the … Read more
The moon stole the show from the sun during its lunar transit. Astronomers observing the ball of gas caught the moon photobombing their footage on October 16 when it passed between NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the sun. The transit lasted for about 50 minutes and at its peak, the moon covered 44 percent the … Read more
British firms will build parts of the Lunar Gateway space station set to orbit the Moon as part of NASA‘s Artemis mission to return humanity to the lunar surface by 2024. The UK Space Agency has signed the ‘Artemis Accords’ with NASA and other nations on the future of space exploration, including cooperation over lunar … Read more
Blue Origin, an aerospace firm owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, delivered a mockup crew lander vehicle that could take the first woman and next man to the moon. The full-sized structure, although not functional, includes both the ascent and descent elements, and stands 40 feet tall. The Bezo’s owned-company announced its ‘National Team ‘and … Read more
Chinese researchers develop new construction material that can be made from lunar dust which is 22 TIMES stronger than concrete – and could be used to build a moon base without having to transport materials from Earth Researchers in China developed a durable new construction material from dust They used samples from an active volcano … Read more