On Tuesday (Jan. 9), NASA officials participated in a media teleconference and announced the latest update about the forthcoming Artemis crewed missions to the moon. During the teleconference, NASA’s leaders revealed that its flagship Artemis 2 mission which was previously scheduled to launch on November 2024 will now be delayed to September 2025. Also, the Artemis 3 […]
After the last Apollo 17 lunar lander left the surface of the moon in 1972, no other US moon landing mission has made it to the lunar surface. However, Americans commenced their return to the lunar surface today. United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur just launched on its first-ever flight named Cert-1, early this morning
Since NASA commenced with its Apollo space programs, the agency never considered sending a crewed rover to the moon. On July 26, 1971, NASA launched the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), alongside the Apollo 15 crew consisting of Commander David Scott, Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden, and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin. The astronauts were launched
Japan iSpace is one of the top private space agencies advancing space exploration goals since it was founded in 2010. The private spaceflight agency recently unveiled its micro rover that will be flying to the moon in 2024. The mini rover will reach the moon during iSpace’s second moon mission. The company hopes to launch
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On August 23, the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander successfully conducted a soft landing near the lunar south pole, thereby taking India to the moon. This historic touchdown made India the fourth nation to land on the moon after the United States, the former Soviet Union, and China. India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) revealed that it conducted
On Wednesday, September 7, NASA announced that it has contracted Axiom Space to build spacesuits for Astronauts that will participate in Artemis 3 moon landing mission. The goal of NASA under the Artemis 3 mission is to land astronauts close to the lunar south pole in either 2025 or 2026. But why did NASA choose
