A Lunar Lander’s Busy Day: Eclipse Photos and Rock Collecting
The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...
After Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost
Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.
Chang'e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed moon's South Pole–Aitken basin
Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...
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China plans moon telescope on far side with 7,200 antennas to explore early universe
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that the proposed lunar radio telescope array would feature 7,200 ...
Tom Hanks shares passion for space through an immersive experience to the moon
Tom Hanks is taking people on a virtual ride to the moon. At Space Center Houston, visitors can experience an immersive 270-degree multi-screen view of the Apollo missions.
Lunar far side samples bolster theory that the moon was once covered in magma
A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...
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The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms
New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that sample analysis backs up an established model of the moon as a global ...