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Halves of 10 minutes and a ball that is not inflated with air. Football on the Moon will look completely different from what we are used to seeing on Earth. Scientists from the UK’s Institute of Engineering and Technology believe that the first football match could take place on the Moon in 12 years, as […]
Ever since the instrument of India’s Chandrayaan 1 mission detected water molecules almost 15 years ago, the search for ice at the poles has been a priority in the study of the moon. NASA has now begun assembling a breakthrough instrument, the VIPER lunar rover, ArsTechnica reports. NASA started building VIPER rover to search for […]
SpaceX continues to prepare the Starship for its first test flight, which does not appear to take place this year. However, everyone is sure that preparations for landing on the moon are going according to plan. Bill Nelson, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), said that he is in constant contact with […]
December 7, NASA’s Orion spacecraft made its final flyby of the Moon before returning to Earth, and NASA has released some of the best photos taken from the spacecraft. Taken with a high-resolution camera (actually a heavily modified GoPro Hero 4) mounted on the tip of Orion’s solar arrays, these images show the spacecraft orbiting […]
China and the United States compete in many areas, and it looks like the moon could become another point of contention for the two nations. The Asian country plans to build its first lunar base by 2028, and the White House wants to bring people to the surface by 2025. The South China Morning Post […]
The two countries may have to compete for limited resources on the surface of the moon. The South Pole of the Moon can get a little tight because both NASA and the Chinese Space Agency want to start exploring the Moon in the same places. Both the US and China want to get the most […]
NASA has postponed critical tests of the super-heavy launch vehicle Space Launch System (SLS). On Sunday, April 3, the agency planned to refuel the rocket as part of a “dress rehearsal” to recreate the countdown to the upcoming launch of Artemis 1. However, shortly after 12:00 Eastern Time (19:00 Kyiv time) NASA announced the cancellation […]
NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong collected lunar dust during the first landing on the surface of an Earth satellite in the history of mankind. Now it will be sold at Bonhams auction as part of a space-themed auction. NASA for several years attempted to ensure that lunar dust did not fall into the hands of a […]