Articles about Moon – Page 5 of 9

ULA’s Vulcan rocket selected for launches of moon lander and mini-shuttle in 2021

United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan rocket – and Blue Origin’s next-generation BE-4 rocket engine – have been chosen to send… Read More

NASA puts Alabama center in charge of moon lander program, drawing Texans’ ire

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced today that Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will take the lead role in developing… Read More

Blue Origin gets in on three partnerships with NASA to boost missions to the moon

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin, has been selected to participate in three partnerships with NASA to advance… Read More

First Mode celebrates first steps in space exploration – and looks ahead to the moon

One year after engineers from the Planetary Resources asteroid mining company peeled off to form their own employee-owned startup, known… Read More

India sends Chandrayaan 2 probe toward the moon’s south pole for historic landing

India began a slow but steady space odyssey to the moon’s south polar region today with the launch of its… Read More

Blue Origin racks up a full six minutes of firing time on BE-7 moon lander engine

RENTON, Wash. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it has test-fired its BE-7 rocket engine for… Read More

NASA’s target for the first launch of its SLS moon rocket shifts from 2020 to 2021

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told lawmakers today that the first launch of the heavy-lift Space Launch System was “definitely achievable… Read More

Government officials are reaching out to commercial ventures for space race revival

RENTON, Wash. — Fifty years after the landmark Apollo 11 mission blasted off for the climax of the U.S.-Soviet space… Read More

The moon in 2069: Top space scientists share their visions for lunar lifestyles

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Fifty years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission transformed the idea of putting people on the… Read More

Rover teams practice for spelunking on the moon and Mars in California lava tubes

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Underground lava tubes are great places to set up bases on the moon, or look for life… Read More

Check out Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight manual before its multimillion-dollar sale

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Timeline Book that sat between Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for the moon landing 50… Read More

Jeff Bezos explains how going to the moon is harder now than it was for JFK in 1962

Back in 1962, President John F. Kennedy said he chose to have Americans go to the moon not because it… Read More

Watchdogs issue warning about NASA’s SLS moon rocket plan, but Boeing CEO stays the course

The federal government’s watchdog agency says getting NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket off the ground is likely to take… Read More

Satellite consultant outlines a way-out plan to turn space junk into lunar treasure

What can be done with the thousands of dead satellites orbiting Earth? Some commercial ventures are hatching plans to get… Read More

With a single tweet, President Trump stirs tumult over NASA’s plans to go to the moon

President Donald Trump put the space community on edge today with a tweet that downplayed NASA’s plans to send astronauts… Read More

NASA picks first commercial ventures to deliver scientific payloads to the moon

Update for 6 p.m. PT July 31: One of the commercial ventures selected to deliver science experiments to the moon’s… Read More

NASA says Maxar will build the first big piece for Gateway station in lunar orbit

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine today announced that the first major component for a future mini-space station in lunar orbit will… Read More

NASA taps Blue Origin and 10 other companies to work on moon lander studies and prototypes

It’s almost as if Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos knew what was coming: His Blue Origin space venture is among 11… Read More

NASA’s lunar orbiter spots the smoking hole left behind by Israel’s moon lander

The Israeli-built Beresheet moon lander made history when it went into lunar orbit and descended to the surface — and… Read More

White House proposal to tap Pell Grant fund casts a pall over NASA’s moon plans

Will NASA’s plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2024 fly with Congress? The Artemis program’s implications are still… Read More

White House seeks $1.6B more as ‘down payment’ for NASA’s newly named Artemis moon program

The White House is asking Congress for $1.6 billion more than the $21 billion it previously requested for NASA’s budget,… Read More

Amid the talk about moon missions, Mars fans push for a share of the space spotlight

As NASA shifts the focus of its space exploration effort to the moon, the advocates of Mars exploration and settlement… Read More

Jeff Bezos unveils Blue Moon lunar lander and shares updated vision for Blue Origin

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today laid out the architecture for missions to the moon aimed at supporting… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk shows off a shiny Starship in landscapes of moon and Mars

New renderings of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket, shared by CEO Elon Musk on Twitter early today, show the shiny spaceship… Read More

Blue Origin tweets picture from Antarctic expedition, hinting at moon mission

Is Jeff Bezos planning to send a lander to the moon’s south pole? It’s possible to leap to that conclusion,… Read More

Beresheet bummer: Investigation of Israeli lunar lander’s crash points to human factor

A manually entered command apparently set off a chain reaction of events that led to last week’s crash of an… Read More

Israel’s Beresheet lander crashes on moon, ending privately funded space odyssey

An Israeli-built lander crashed onto the moon today during its final descent, bringing an unfortunate end to the first privately… Read More

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‘Destination Moon’ exhibit highlights Apollo history — and Neil Armstrong’s family history as well

“Destination Moon,” the traveling exhibit making its debut at Seattle’s Museum of Flight this month, puts some of the greatest… Read More

Israel’s lunar lander switches from Earth orbit to moon orbit; touchdown in a week

The Israeli-built Beresheet lander successfully started orbiting the moon today, marking a crucial step toward next week’s scheduled lunar touchdown.… Read More

VP Mike Pence sets 5-year deadline for landing Americans at moon’s south pole

Vice President Mike Pence today called for American astronauts to return to the moon in five years, laying down a… Read More