lunar exploration
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Artemis Astronauts Will Be Doing Some Serious Science on the Moon
NASA has released its science priorities for the first crewed Artemis lunar landing, scheduled for 2024. Prior to planting their boots on the lunar regolith, however, the next man and woman to visit the Moon will have to go back to school, as mission planners prepare their tools for the upcoming mission.
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Trump To World: Keep Your Grubby Hands Off Of Our Theoretical Moon Mines
For millennia, mankind has had one dream, one desire, one singular unifying purpose: to take its rightful place among the stars by destroying the fucking Moon. On Monday, Donald Trump advanced that goal by signing an executive order telling the world that the U.S. won’t let any other countries interfere with our Moon-ravaging operations.
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New Images Of The Moon’s Far Side Released As Chinese Lunar Mission Quietly Chugs Along
The Chang’e 4 lander and the Yutu 2 rover are currently in hibernation mode, sitting out the frigid lunar night, which lasts for about two Earth weeks. The Chinese mission to explore the lunar far side is now well into overtime, lasting longer than initially intended.
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This Lunar Ice Drill Will Bore Through The Moon’s South Pole In 2020
European scientists have unveiled an ice drill designed to penetrate 1-2m into the frigid lunar surface. According to plan, this device will start drilling into the Moon’s south polar regions in 2020.