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...
China will be sending the Chang’e-4 probe to the far side of the Moon in 2018, said China’s Xinhua on Friday. “The far side of the moon is never visible to earth because of gravitational forces and has never been explored by humans,” Chief of...
The Moon. Credit: NASA While NASA and United States President Barack Obama may only have Mars on mind, other countries are choosing to explore the Moon instead. According to an article in Ars Technica, China and Russia have joined the European Space Agency and intend...
The Helelani rover is seen here after laying down the 100th paver for the Vertical Take-off/Vertical Landing Pad project on Hawaii Island. The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) completed a major milestone last month with...
A South Korean science ministry plans to launch a lunar exploration project next year. According to a story published by the Yonhap News Agency, plans are underway to eventually send a landing vessel by 2020. The first phase of the project will cost $169 million...
