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China could start building a moon base with lunar-soil bricks in 5 years, amid NASA fears of a moon territory dispute
China aims to build a moon habitat for its taikonauts within five years, according to local media, …
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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See how NASA's new lunar mega-rocket sizes up to past and future astronaut launch systems
NASA's Space Launch System is built to return astronauts to the moon. Photos and one chart show how…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China plans three missions to the Moon after discovering a new lunar mineral that may be a future energy source
The mineral, Changesite-(Y), was found in samples obtained by China's space exploration in 2020 and…
Jyoti Mann
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Here's why Chandrayaan 2's soft landing on the Moon will be the '15 most terrifying minutes' for ISRO
But, it won’t be easy. The craters may hold the key to a lot of unanswered questions a…
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Chandrayaan 2 is not just looking for water on the moon
Geologists believe that since there are similarities between the Earth and the Moon, the c…
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There’s a lot more than just water on the Moon’s South Pole — Here’s why
As countries race to build on the discovery of water near the Moon's South Pole, there could be a l…
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Chandrayaan 2 is on its way to find water on the Moon — and looks like there could be lots of it
So, in order to determine the consistency of water inside the Moon’s craters, three researcher…
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Chandrayaan 2 might take off this month after plugging up its fuel tank leak
"It was the right decision to call off Chandrayaan 2 launch. We could not have taken any c…
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India's Chandrayaan 2 takes the lead ahead of America, Russia, and China as the first of many missions to the Moon's South Pole
"The world is targeting the South Pole. It's not just India — the Americans, the Russians,…
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China has built an artificial moon like facility to test tech made for lunar surface
To make the artificial moon facility feel more like the lunar surface, it will be filled with ro…
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Moon dust for $1 — that’s all NASA is paying one of the companies selected to collect lunar samples
The US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), had doled out contra…
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Video from China's rock-collecting spacecraft shows the probe stick its landing on the moon
China's space agency announced it had landed its Chang'e 5 probe on the moon. Then it released the …
Susie Neilson,Morgan McFall-J…
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China just landed its Chang'e-5 spacecraft on the moon. The mission could bring moon rocks to Earth for the first time in 40-plus years.
The samples will come from a previously unexplored volcanic plain. China aims to send them back to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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New Year Festivities Not Over Yet; Here Is How India Celebrates
The year 2014 is
just a day old, marking the beginning of yet another Gregorian calendar year. But
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The moon is sprinkled with patches of frozen water, NASA scientists discovered. Mining it may be crucial for travel to Mars and beyond.
NASA may need to mine water from the moon to send astronauts into deep space. Two new studies indic…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA will share an 'exciting new discovery' about the moon on Monday. Listen to the announcement live.
NASA says the discovery could support deep-space exploration efforts. It will share the findings in…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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After measuring radiation on the moon for the first time, scientists say a lunar base should be built underground to protect astronauts
Astronauts didn't measure how much radiation they were exposed on the moon. New data show the doses…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA's plan to put humans back on the Moon will cost $28 billion
NASA has shared an update on its Artemis programme, including the latest plans to land the first wo…
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NASA just picked commercial aerospace company Astrobotic to land the first US moon rover in 48 years — a robot that will hunt for ice
NASA's new lunar rover will hunt for water ice on the moon's unexplored south pole. A nearly $200 m…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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NASA is about to farm out the launch of its first moon rover in 48 years to a commercial rocket company
NASA plans to partner with commercial providers to build a permanent moon base and, eventually, spr…