China to Launch Robot Mission to Moon in December
China’s space agency this week shared new details about its upcoming Chang’e-4 mission, which aims to launch two robots to the far side of the […]
Lunar Missions
NASA Moon Landing SHOCK: $44-million fund granted to develop Lunar technologies
NASA is partnering with six US-based companies to develop a new generation of space exploration technology that could see lunar landers return to the Moon […]
Alan Bean (1932-2018)
NASA has announced that Alan Bean has died. He was 86 years old. Astronaut Bean was the fourth human to walk on the Moon, reaching […]
Google Lunar X Prize Contest Ends Early; No Winner
The highly-publicized Google Lunar X Prize competition, with a goal of landing an unmanned rover on the Moon and sending back high-resolution images, has been […]
John Young (1930-2018)
John Young, one of only twelve humans to have walked on the Moon, has died. A native of San Francisco, Calif., Astronaut Young was 87 […]
Japan’s Team Hakuto Delays Lunar Launch
The Japanese team competing in an international lunar probe contest said Wednesday (8 November) that it will postpone the launch date of its moon rover […]
Korea’s Moon Program: “Failure To Launch”?
Korea’s JoongAng Daily opines that the nation’s leaders may be playing pure politics with a proposed government-financed mission to the Moon, which includes a tight timeline […]
China, Russia To Join Forces For Manned Moon Missions
China and Russia are set to sign a milestone agreement on joint space exploration from 2018 to 2022, according to the official People’s Daily online […]
Stephen Hawking: Return To Moon Would “Elevate Humanity”
Speaking at the Starmus Festival in Trondheim, Norway, the physicist Stephen Hawking has called for space-faring nations to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020. […]
Gene Cernan (1934-2017)
Gene Cernan, the last human (to date) to walk on the Moon, died on January 16. He was 82 years old. As a member of […]