The Moon. Credit: NASA Researchers from Germany are studying the possibility of using a solar-powered three-dimensional (3-D) printer to create structures in space. According to a recent story in EOS, Alexandre Meurisse, an engineer at the German Aerospace Centre in...
The Apollo 10 Lunar Module. Credit: NASA Story by Anthony Young In the sequence of Apollo launches leading up to the first lunar landing, NASA had established the need for an “all up” mission that duplicated every mission milestone except the landing on lunar surface....
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University Scientists are now saying Moon caves could help protect astronauts from the harsh environment of space. According to a Space.com story, NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft mapped the...
The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems was recently featured on Space.com for their lunar landing pad project. The article, written by Amy Thompson, discusses the Vertical Take-off/Vertical Landing pad project PISCES, NASA and their partners...
This time 50 years ago, Soviet automatic lunar station Luna-9 landed on the moon. The spacecraft was the first to make a soft landing on the lunar surface. Luna-9 landed west of the Reiner and Marius craters in the Ocean of Storms, opening a new stage in the...
