moon exploration

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Ready to Search for the Moon’s Water Ice

November 5, 2022 Troy Oakes

Earlier this year, NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission underwent tests to prepare it for launch in November 2022. The solar-powered small satellite is shown here with its four solar arrays extended in a Georgia Tech clean room. (Image: JPL-Caltech via NASA)

Artificial Intelligence Explores the Moon’s Permanently Shadowed Regions

September 1, 2022 Troy Oakes

The information they have obtained about the area’s surface properties will help to identify suitable locations for future lunar missions. (Image: via Pixabay)

Scientists Succeed at Growing Plants in Lunar Soil

June 5, 2022 Jack Roberts

The seedlings grown in the lunar soil. (Image: IFAS Video via Youtube)

Scientists Recover Gases From Moon Rock Time Capsule

July 18, 2022March 10, 2022 Troy Oakes

Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis are helping to recover gases from a container of lunar soil that astronauts collected and sealed under vacuum on the surface of the Moon in 1972. (Image: via NASA)

Late Heavy Bombardment of the Moon Revealed

April 20, 2022November 17, 2021 Troy Oakes

Space Station flying by the Moon. (Image: via Lauren Harnett)

One Small Grain of Moon Dust, One Giant Leap for Lunar Studies

November 29, 2022February 11, 2020 Troy Oakes

Scientists found a new way to analyze the chemistry of the Moon’s soil using a single grain of Moon dust. Their technique can help us learn more about conditions on the surface of the Moon and the formation of precious resources like water and helium there. (Image: via Pixabay)

China’s Chang’e-4 Mission Discovers New ‘Secrets’

November 16, 2022May 23, 2019 Troy Oakes

China's Chang'e 4 mission discovers new 'secrets' from the far side of the Moon. (Image: NAOC via CNSA)

Russia Positions Moon Program as Alternative to the U.S.

May 22, 2021February 7, 2019 Troy Oakes

The United States has proposed the construction of a lunar orbit station and has asked Russia to participate in the venture. (Image: NASA)

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