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The Trump administration has been quietly expediting plans to put a nuclear plant on the moon in a geopolitical race with China and Russia to control the future of space. NASA has awarded contracts to three companies to develop small nuclear reactors …
Japan-based Ispace confirmed its Resilience lander likely crashed during its second failed attempt at a lunar landing, after a sensor malfunction prevented proper deceleration. Despite the setback, the company remains committed to future missions, with…
The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.
“Future moon astronauts may find water more accessible than previously thought,” writes Space.com, citing a new NASA-led experiment:
Because the moon lacks a magnetic field like Earth’s, the barren lunar surface is constantly bombarded by energetic pa…
Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: German public news outlet Tagesschau reports (source: YouTube) on an ESA video game that helps train a future moon lander’s guidance AI to spot craters. Games have already helped collect visual data on millions…
The moon slipped between the Earth and the sun on Saturday, casting a shadow on our planet in parts of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Africa.
Firefly Aerospace has teamed up with Blue Origin’s Honeybee Robotics unit to deploy a rover on its 2028 lunar mission to study the Gruithuisen Domes — rare volcanic formations that may reveal insights into the moon’s geology and potential resources. T…
“For the first time in history, a privately operated lunar lander has captured images of a total eclipse from the Moon’s surface,” reports Daily Galaxy.
While the Athena lunar lander tipped over and ended its mission, elsewhere on the moon Firefly Ae…
From a Space.com article: Athena, the second lunar lander from Houston company Intuitive Machines, tipped over during its touchdown on March 6, ending up on its side within a small crater near the moon’s south pole. This orientation prevented the lande…
The Athena lunar lander from Intuitive Machines has prematurely ended its mission after tipping onto its side shortly after touching down near the moon’s south pole, failing to fully accomplish its planned water-searching objectives. From a report: Ath…