Moon

IT Essentials: India's shoestring rocket scientists

Strategy

IT Essentials: India's shoestring rocket scientists

Space at a steal

clock 25 August 2023 • 2 min read
Chandrayaan-3: India becomes the first country to land a spacecraft on moon's south pole

Government

Chandrayaan-3: India becomes the first country to land a spacecraft on moon's south pole

The challenge of achieving a soft landing near the moon's southern pole became evident over the weekend as Russia crashed its Luna-25 rocket within the same region

clock 24 August 2023 • 3 min read

Communications

Russia plans to land cosmonauts on the Moon by 2030

Roscosmos plans to build a new "Super Heavy" booster able to carry 27 metric tons to lunar polar orbit

clock 29 May 2019 • 3 min read

Communications

NASA could use a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to send astronauts back to the Moon

NASA's Jim Bridenstine says the agency is considering SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket and ULA's Delta IV Heavy rocket for the Agency's Moon mission

clock 02 April 2019 • 2 min read

Communications

Chinese satellite captures an image showing distant Earth behind the far side of the Moon

First time that DSLWP-B has captured a view of entire Moon and Earth in single shot

clock 06 February 2019 • 2 min read

Communications

First plant to grow on the Moon, err, dies

Cotton seedling freezes to death as Chang'e-4 shuts down for the Moon's 14-day lunar night

clock 18 January 2019 • 2 min read

Communications

Plants grown on the Moon for the first time ever by China's Chang'e-4 probe

New photos show cotton seeds sprouting in sealed container - with other plants expected to sprout within days

clock 16 January 2019 •

Communications

China wants to explore the Moon, especially its far side. But, why?

Helium-3, which exists in abundance on the Moon, could potentially solve energy demands on Earth for 10,000 years

clock 04 January 2019 • 4 min read

Strategy

Confirmed: Chinese lunar probe lands on the dark side of the Moon in world first

Chinese probe aims to explore Von Karman crater located within the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the Moon's far side

clock 03 January 2019 •

Strategy

China launches Chang'e-4 rover to land on Moon's dark side

Moon's dark side is mountainous, rugged and never visible from the Earth

clock 10 December 2018 • 2 min read