News Archive / Tagged: Moon
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New observations help scientists understand lunar water cycle
Cullen DesforgesMarch 23rd, 2019Recently, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter made an observation that could help scientists understand the water cycle present on the lunar surface.
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Toyota, JAXA team up to study human-rated Moon rover
Curt GodwinMarch 17th, 2019Having a reputation of building some of the most rugged and dependable vehicles on Earth, Toyota is setting its sights on something a little more ambitious.
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NASA makes strides to support a sustainable deep space exploration system
Curt GodwinMarch 11th, 2019While recent interest has been aimed at the progress of the Commercial Crew Program, NASA is making steady headway with its deep space exploration programs.
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Weak, localized magnetic fields cause variations in lunar surface brightness
Laurel KornfeldMarch 8th, 2019The Moon has small, localized magnetic fields that deflect solar wind, producing patterns of light and dark swirls on the lunar surface.
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Beresheet lunar lander takes selfie on trek to Moon
Derek RichardsonMarch 6th, 2019The privately-developed Israeli lunar lander named Beresheet that launched last month atop a Falcon 9 rocket for a voyage to the Moon has taken a selfie.
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NASA selects experiments to fly aboard commercial lunar landers
Derek RichardsonFebruary 26th, 2019With commercial lunar landers starting to fly, the next step will be for payloads, public and private, to be sent aboard them to the Moon’s surface.
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Gallery: SpaceX lights up night sky with PSN 6 launch
Derek RichardsonFebruary 22nd, 2019SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket propelled three passengers toward geostationary transfer orbit, including a private lunar lander.
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NASA wants speedy development of commercial lunar landers
Derek RichardsonFebruary 15th, 2019NASA emphasized speed and openness in an industry forum for the development of commercial lunar landers to get cargo and humans to the Moon’s surface.
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NASA seeking proposals for human-rated lunar lander systems
Derek RichardsonFebruary 9th, 2019With SLS and Orion in the latter stages of development, NASA wants to work with industry to develop a human-rated lunar lander by the mid-to-late 2020s.
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Laser communications modem being developed for NASA’s Orion spacecraft
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 12th, 2018An optical modem capable of sending HD video at significantly-greater rates than standard radio frequency systems is being developed for NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
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Our SpaceFlight Heritage: Two craters named in honor of Apollo 8
Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 10th, 2018This December marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon. The International Astronomical Union has found a special way to honor the occasion.
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Cassini data reveals another feature that suggests Titan is similar to Earth
Laurel KornfeldSeptember 25th, 2018Is Titan similar to Earth? New data from the Cassini orbiter suggests it is.
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Japanese billionaire named as 1st passenger to fly around Moon in SpaceX BFR
Derek RichardsonSeptember 18th, 2018HAWTHORNE, Calif. — Japanese citizen Yusaku Maezawa has booked a journey to the Moon atop SpaceX’s yet-to-be-built Big Falcon Rocket and he wants to bring six to eight artists with him—for free.
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NASA Administrator Bridenstine: ‘We’re not going to do flags and footprints again’
Derek RichardsonAugust 30th, 2018In the first-ever televised NASA Advisory Council meeting, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine described the United States' latest effort to return to the Moon as one about sustainability.
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Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles
Jim SharkeyAugust 28th, 2018A team of researchers using data collected by NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument have directly observed definitive evidence of water ice at the Moon's poles. While most of the ice at the southern pole is concentrated in lunar craters, the substance is more widely, but sparsely distributed, at the northern pole.
