Aug 15 Astronomers join calls to create time standard for the moon, where seconds tick by faster By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press An international group of astronomers has joined calls to create a standard for keeping time on the moon, where seconds tick by faster. Continue reading
Aug 15 4 months of lunar spectacles start with August’s supermoon By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The first of four supermoons this year is about to rise. Stargazers can catch the first act Monday as the full moon inches a little closer than usual. Continue reading
Jun 25 Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with world’s first samples from the far side of the moon By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples will include 2.5 million-year-old volcanic rock and other material that scientists hope will answer questions about geographic differences on the moon's two sides. Continue reading
Jun 02 China lands probe on moon’s far side to gather rocks and soil in growing space rivalry with U.S. By Associated Press A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. Continue reading
Feb 23 WATCH: NASA and Intuitive Machines say lunar lander is on its side, hampering communications By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A private U.S. lunar lander tilted over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 5:29 U.S. company lands private spacecraft on surface of the moon By Geoff Bennett, Miles O'Brien, Shoshana Dubnow It's the first U.S.-built spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years, and the first ever by a private company. The Odysseus lander took off from Cape Canaveral last week and made it to the lunar surface… Continue watching
Feb 22 Private lander touches down on the moon but is sending a weak signal By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The lander’s choreographed descent was the first for the U.S. since 1972, when Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the last bootprints in the desolate gray dust. Continue reading
Feb 21 A private U.S. moon lander has reached low lunar orbit, a day ahead of attempting to land By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press On Thursday, flight controllers in Houston will lower the spacecraft's orbit and attempt a landing near the moon's south pole. Continue reading
Jan 21 Japan has joined an elite club by landing on the moon. Here’s what others are doing By Foster Klug, Associated Press Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, a milestone that puts the country in a club previously occupied by only the United States, the Soviet Union, India and China. Here’s a look at high-profile recent and upcoming attempts, and… Continue reading
Sep 23 How India’s rover findings of sulfur in lunar soil could pave the way for future moon bases By Jeffrey Gillis-Davis, The Conversation India's Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the moon's surface at higher concentrations than previously seen. Sulfur in soils near the moon's poles might help astronauts live off the land one day. Continue reading