Enlarge / Rendering of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle on the surface of the Moon. (credit: NASA) In an extraordinary announcement on Friday, NASA said that it has selected SpaceX and its Starship vehicle to serve as the lunar lander for its Artemis Program. This is NASA’s plan to return humans to the Moon later this decade. […]
Enlarge / This image consists of six photographs taken from the Apollo 14 Lunar Module, enhanced and stitched into a single panorama to show the landing scene, along with the location from where Alan Shepard hit two golf balls. Both astronaut’s PLSS’ (life-support backpacks) can also be seen at left. (credit: NASA / JSC / […]
Enlarge / And the day that was comes to a close at NASA’s Stennis Space Center after the SLS rocket fired up for the Green Run test on January 16, 2021. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Nearly two years ago, then Vice President Mike Pence delivered the most consequential space policy speech of his tenure in office. […]
Expand / China’s heavy lift car, the Long March 5, now beginning its liftoff using all the Chang’emails 5 assignment. On Monday, China successfully delivered the newest in its own Chang’emails on its way into the Moon. Chang’emails 5 would be the toughest to date and, even when effective, will create China only the third […]
Expand / / The tool used to discover the water flies onto a 747. (charge: NASA/Jim Ross) Despite its proximity to quite a grim world, the Earth’s Moon seemed to be totally ironic, together with all samples returned from the Apollo missions being almost devoid of water. But in the past several decades, a variety […]