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NASA’s Juno sends 1st images of Jupiter’s largest moon
After flying closer to Jupiter's largest moon than any other in more than two decades, NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back two images offering...
Elon Musk to send Dogecoin-funded satellite to Moon
Elon Musk-run SpaceX is now accepting the new cryptocurrency Dogecoin to launch an upcoming satellite named DOGE-1 to the Moon.
The DOGE-1 is a cubesat...
NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $93.3M to deliver payloads to Moon
NASA has awarded Texas-based Firefly Aerospace approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon in...
Researchers identify over 109,000 impact craters on moon
An international team of researchers has identified over 109,000 previously unrecognized impact craters on the moon using machine learning methods.
The study, led by researchers...
Beijing 2022 mascot toys handed over to organisers after lunar journey
Olympic flags, emblem pins, and mascot toys that returned to Earth after a moon trip onboard China's Change-5 probe were handed over to the...
Canada signs deal with US to send astronaut around moon
Canada has signed an agreement with the US to send a Canadian astronaut around the moon in 2023, Navdeep Bains, Canada's minister of innovation,...
NASA starts assembling Artemis moon mission rocket
In preparation for the Artemis I launch next year, NASA has stacked the first piece of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the...
China launches its first mission to return moon samples
China on Tuesday launched a spacecraft to collect and return samples from the moon, the country's first attempt to retrieve samples from an extraterrestrial...
Scientists discover new mineral in Moon meteorite
A team of European researchers has discovered a new high-pressure mineral named donwilhelmsite in the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001.
This new mineral from the...
NASA awards US firm $47mn to land water-measuring payload on Moon
NASA has awarded Houston-based Intuitive Machines approximately $47 million to deliver a drill combined with a mass spectrometer to the Moon by December 2022.
The...