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A prototype planetary radar system captured the highest resolution images of the Moon ever
Using two powerful radar-based ground installations, a joint team of scientist from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), the Green Bank Observatory (GBO), and Raytheon Intelligence &...
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What time is it on the Moon?
Satellite navigation systems for lunar settlements will require local atomic clocks. Scientists are working out what time they will keep.
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Japan astronaut applicants take final exam on mock lunar surface
Aspiring Japanese astronauts have taken their final exams on a mock lunar surface at a training facility near Tokyo, with the successful candidates to be revealed next month.
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There's no GPS on the moon. NASA and ESA have to fix that before humans return in 2 years.
Without satellite navigation, rockets can't navigate to the moon without ground control, which is costly, cumbersome, and requires a lot of math.
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Apollo Guidance Computer Explained: Everything You Need To Know
he Apollo Guidance Computer was the first computer ever built whose operation was based entirely on silicon integrated circuits.
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NASA's Orion spacecraft offers last breathtaking views of the moon as it begins journey home
NASA's Orion spacecraft zoomed behind the moon once more, providing stunning views again of Earth and our planetary neighbor, before firing up its engines Monday to set it on course for Earth in the final stages of the Artemis 1 mission.
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Building on the moon: NASA awards Texas company $57 million for lunar construction system
A nascent off-Earth construction system just got a big funding boost. NASA has awarded the Texas-based company ICON $57.2 million for its Project Olympus, which is working to develop technology that will allow humanity to build outposts on the moon and Mars using locally available dirt and rock.
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China and the US have plans for nuclear-powered moon bases
Forward-looking: China and the United States compete in many areas, and it appears that the moon could become another area of contention for the two superpowers. The Asian nation plans to build its first lunar base by 2028, while the White House wants to bring humans to the surface by 2025.
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Coming to a moon near you: humans, traffic, and trash
The first mission in NASA’s Artemis program finally took the Orion spacecraft on a trip around the moon, a huge step forward for the ambitious plan to bring humans to the lunar surface as soon as 2025. It’s also the beginning of the White House’s far-reaching ambitions for a permanent outpost on the moon.
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NASA releases new close-up images of the moon from Orion spacecraft
NASA has released new close-up images of the far side of the moon, taken from the uncrewed Orion spacecraft.
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The coming Moon economy
NASA's successful Moon rocket launch last week will be a boon for private companies, experts tell Axios. Why it matters: As global economic growth slows, space and Moon exploration could become a source of ignition for new ventures and jobs.
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The Moon Might be One Large Chunk that was Blasted Off the Earth Billions of Years Ago
A new study says the Moon could have formed immediately after the impact between Earth and Theia. High-res simulations show how.
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How did the moon form? A supercomputer may have just found the answer
The scientists need lunar samples from future Artemis missions to confirm their hypothesis.
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NASA targets Sept. 23 for next Artemis 1 launch attempt, but a lot has to go right
NASA needs to fix a hydrogen leak, ace a fueling test and secure a critical safety system waiver to even try to launch this month.
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Our first moonbase could be made of inflatable habitats
Humans are finally on track to return to the Moon, and this time space agencies like NASA and the ESA are looking for ways to let humans stay there. Establishing a colony on the Moon could not only help with further space exploration, but it could allow us to study the lunar surface more in-depth. Now, researchers have proposed a crazy new inflatable moonbase that would also include its own greenhouses.
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Four Things We’ve Learned About NASA’s Planned Base Camp on the Moon
Humans haven’t set foot on the moon in more than a half century, but NASA’s Artemis program is going to send them back with a series of missions beginning in early September. When the first astronaut plants her boots in the lunar soil in 2025 as part of Artemis III, assuming the current schedule holds, it will be the start of an even more ambitious project than sending humans back to the moon: NASA plans to construct a base camp somewhere among the gray dust and craggy rocks of the moon’s south pole.
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‘Look closely and there’s a tear in Armstrong’s eye’: the Apollo space missions as you’ve never seen them before
Nasa’s original moon mission photographs, kept locked in a freezer in Houston, are some of the most vital artefacts of human endeavour. Now, they have been remastered for a new century. Introduction by Tim Peake. Photographs restored by Andy Saunders.
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Artemis Accords: Why the international moon exploration framework matters
Next week's moon launch is just the beginning. As the world counts down to the planned Aug. 29 liftoff of the Artemis 1 mission, which will use a Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket to send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the moon, NASA and its international partners are already planning for the future.
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Volcanoes on the Moon May Have Erupted During the Dinosaur Age
Called Maskelyne, this feature is one of many newly discovered young volcanic rock deposits on the moon. These deposits are known as irregular mare patches and they are thought to be remnants of small basaltic eruptions. (Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)
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Behold the ‘most ridiculously detailed’ photo of the Moon you’ve ever seen
A well-known astrophotographer has released the most detailed photos of the Moon we've ever seen, and you need to see them for yourself.
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