moon

The World Is Racing to Build a Moon Base

Posted in Science on 1st Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

ESA (and China) are looking at lunar bases in the next couple decades, and NASA is looking at the space in the moon's orbit.

New type of moon rock discovered by Chinese lunar lander

Posted in Science on 22nd Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

The Yutu rover, part of the Change-3 unmanned lunar mission, has identified a type of basalt unlike anything collected by previous Soviet or US missions.

Why were going back to the Moon; with or without NASA

Posted in Science on 16th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

The discovery of lunar water has changed everything for human exploration.

Russia plans manned mission to Moon and Moon base for around 2030

Posted in Science on 3rd Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

Russia is planning manned missions to the Moon that will require from 4 to 6 launches of the Angara-A5V heavy-lift carrier rocket.

Russia and Europe Want a Moon Colony; Why Is NASA So Focused on Mars?

Posted in Hardware on 25th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

12 Americans have put their boots on the Moon. But NASA has no plans to send humans back. Instead, NASA will shoot straight to Mars.