The Space Report
NASA Challenge Focuses on Ways to Use Mars’ Natural Resources
Mars NASA is looking for innovative ideas to use in situ (in place) Martian resources to help establish a human presence on the Red Planet. The In Situ Resource Utilization Challenge offers the...
Google Lunar X Prize May be Extended, Moon Express Signs Launch Contract
The Earth and Moon According to a recent article featured on www.parabolicarc.com, Moon Express, Inc. may soon become the first private company to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The company...
Happy Birthday NASA!
NASA first became operational on Oct. 1, 1958. NASA replaced NACA, the U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The organization came to fruition after Sputnik 1’s launch in 1957 and is now...
Google Lunar X Prize Competition Down to 16 Teams
The competition is worth $30 million and aims to land a private rover on the moon. According to a recent story found on www.parabolicarc.com, there are only 16 teams left participating in the Google...
PISCES Launches Hawaii’s First Lunar Landing Pad Project
The following image shows PISCES' Helelani rover performing tests at the new lunar landing pad site on Hawaii Island. The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) has...
Russians Hope to Establish Rocket Fuel, Water, Oxygen Center on the Moon
According to a recent story found in SputnikNews.com, a Russian space robot is exploring the moon for large reserves of ice. According to the story, the robot is looking for ice on both moon poles....
Video Describes the Impacts of Moon Dust
PISCES' new basalt-landing pad located on the Big Island of Hawaii. The following video discusses why dust is a major concern in space exploration. A goal of PISCES' lunar landing pad project is to...
45 Years Ago Today: Robotic Spacecraft Returns First Samples of Lunar Soil
Photo Credit: exploredeepspace.com According to a story found on exploredeepspace.com, on this day in 1970, the USSR’s Luna 16 mission landed in Kazakhstan with the first samples of lunar soil ever...
China Sets Eyes on the Far Side of the Moon
Chinese Yutu rover on the Moon. Photo Credit: CNSA After becoming the third country to land a probe on the Moon, China has apparently gained an appetite for lunar firsts. The Chinese government has...
International Space Station Transits the Sun
Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls This composite image made from five frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of nine on board, in silhouette as it transits the sun at roughly 5...
NASA’s Journey to Mars
Photo Credit: NASA How do you get to Mars? You build a rocket, and go. OK, it’s actually a bit more complex than that. A lot more complex, really. But that’s still a vitally important step. We’ll...
China Snaps Photos of Future Landing Site
According to a story on Leonard David's blog, Chinese space officials recently released new images of the Moon that are focused on the landing site of the country's future Chang’e 5 lunar lander....