moon

Boeing Eyes Moon-Orbiting Space Station as Waypoint to Mars

Posted in Science on 29th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

"If we're thinking about going that far away to Mars, we need to take a kind of interim step,"

New evidence shows the moon formed from melted bits of earth

Posted in Science on 13th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

Around 4.5 billion years ago, when the solar system was still in its infancy, a Mars-sized planet collided with the proto-Earth and blasted our baby planet to smithereens.

Moon Express to mine hydroxyl from the moon and provide it to fuel orbital and other space missions

Posted in Hardware on 31st Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Moon Express plans to create a robotic lunar hydroxyl mining machine. It will fill a small fuel tank then it will launch into lunar orbit.

Chinese scientists study viability of manned radar station on the moon

Posted in Science on 22nd Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

The moon has been suggested to have numerous advantages over satellites or a space station as an earth observation platform.

13 Cubesats to launch to moon in 2018 including Skyfire and Lunar Flashlight to look for ice and resources

Posted in Hardware on 10th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Game-changing capability for expanded human exploration, planetary science and physics.