The shielding technology was tested in vacuum chambers, where it was used to remove lunar dust samples brought home by NASA's Apollo missions. The first time EDS was tested in space was on the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

The agency said in a news release on Monday that key components of the ambitious project, including the Long March 10 heavy-lift carrier rocket, Mengzhou manned spacecraft, Lanyue lunar lander ...

A groundbreaking NASA experiment has delivered the first successful radio astronomy observations from the lunar surface, ...

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Airbus the contract to design and construct the landing platform for the ExoMars ...

Today, April 1, 2025, the moon is 3 days old and is in the Waxing Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 12% illuminated. Moon phase Date First Quarter March 6 Full Moon March 14 Third/Last ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

The hazards facing lunar astronauts are many. There’s the radiation, the temperature extremes, the psychological challenges ...