This means that NASA could instead turn to privateer companies like SpaceX or Blue Origin to return astronauts to the surface of the moon. SpaceX and Blue Origin have been tasked with developing ...

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The new moon is the so-called "invisible phase of the moon," according to NASA, because the illuminated side of the moon is facing away from Earth, toward the sun. The moon is also in the sky ...

China’s historic farside sample-return mission is providing intriguing insights into why the Moon’s farside is so different ...

Including, of course a new Moon rover. Or, to be fair, a number of them, produced in various parts of the world. As per NASA, the task of transporting one of these future rovers to the Moon will ...

subsolar and sub-Earth points and the Moon's distance from Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled, as are Apollo landing sites and maria and other albedo features in sunlight.

Nasa said that the spacecraft will be launched in a six-day launch window to the Moon that opens in mid-January 2025. Listen to Story The lander underwent thermal vacuum chamber tests The mission is ...

"Sunlight illuminates half the Earth and half the moon at all times," NASA says in an explainer. "But as the moon orbits around the Earth, at some points in its orbit the sunlit part of the moon ...

A supermoon with a partial lunar eclipse rises over Lake Michigan in Chicago, US, September 17, 2024. File Image/AP Earth is bidding farewell to its “mini moon,” asteroid 2024 PT5, a fascinating ...

Related: NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updates Monday, November 25, 2024: The James Webb Space Telescope's brand-new image of the Sombrero Galaxy casts this city of stars in a new light ...

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Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of ...