Right now, engineers are busy producing the first components of what will eventually emerge. Gateway space station. One day, if all goes according to plan, Gateway will serve as the first space station in lunar orbit and the moon’s first true transportation hub. Although not planned to be permanently inhabited, the station is being built… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. The Chinese government now has something no human has ever encountered before: rocks and soil taken from the dark side of the Moon. The successful return of Chang’e-6 to the lunar surface with its historic… Read More »
Intuitive Machines (LUNR) made history in February by becoming the first private space company to land on the lunar surface. Now it aims to accelerate the development of the lunar economy. Speaking to Yahoo Finance, Intuitive Machines CEO and co-founder Steve Altemus said the company’s cost structure and ability to facilitate lunar missions ultimately puts… Read More »
There is a growing and passionate call for radio silence to be maintained on the far side of the moon. A first-of-its-kind international symposium is being held this week, turning up the volume to ponder the possibility of preserving real estate on the far side of the moon for exclusive scientific purposes. Even though the… Read More »
A potentially history-making special lunar mission is underway. Odysseus, the robotic lunar lander built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida early this morning (February 15). If all goes as planned, Odysseus will land near the Moon’s south pole on February… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. The journey of the robot explorer “Moon Sniper”, which made Japan the fifth country to safely place a spacecraft on the lunar surface, did not go as expected. Although the mission, officially known as the… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The journey of the robot explorer “Moon Sniper”, which made Japan the fifth country to safely place a spacecraft on the lunar surface, did not go as expected. Although the mission, officially known as the… Read More »
New research has revealed that the lunar surface was rich in water approximately 4 billion years ago. The research could be an important step toward better understanding the evolution of the moon and could also help inform future lunar missions, including NASA’s Artemis 3, which aims to return humans to the lunar surface before 2026… Read More »
The Peregrine spacecraft, launched last week on the first U.S. mission aiming to land on the moon in more than 50 years, is headed for Earth and is expected to make a fiery re-entry after a critical fuel leak disrupted its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback for NASA’s Commercial Lunar… Read More »
The Peregrine spacecraft, launched last week on the first U.S. mission aiming to land on the moon in more than 50 years, is headed for Earth and is expected to make a fiery re-entry after a critical fuel leak disrupted its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback for NASA’s Commercial Lunar… Read More »