by admin | Oct 8, 2024 | Europa, Jupiter, moon, Nasa, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
On October 10, NASA is launching a hotly anticipated new mission to Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, Europa. Called Europa Clipper, the spacecraft will conduct a detailed study of the moon, looking for potential places where Europa might host alien life. It’s the...
by admin | Aug 26, 2024 | Earth, Jupiter, moon, Nasa, News, Slingshot, space, Space News, The Conversation
A European spacecraft is about to zip by both Earth and the Moon in the space of 24 hours. In the early 2030s, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission will be the first European probe to orbit Jupiter. But first, it needs to carry out a key manoeuvre to help...
by admin | Jul 28, 2024 | Earth, Ernie Wright, lunar caves, moon, Nasa, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
Using radar, a NASA spacecraft, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), has confirmed the existence of caves beneath the lunar surface. Here’s why such geological features will be key for establishing a base on the Moon, and what they can tell us about Earth and our...
by admin | Feb 29, 2024 | moon, Nasa, News, Other Tech News, space, The Conversation, US
In the few short years since the COVID pandemic changed our world, China, Japan and India have all successfully landed on the Moon. Many more robotic missions have flown past the Moon, entered lunar orbit, or crashed into it in the past five years. This...
by admin | Feb 4, 2024 | Artemis mission, moon, Nasa, News, space, Space News, space travel
A 2019 Time magazine cover portrayed four astronauts running towards the Moon. Pictured alongside the headline “The Next Space Race”, one of the astronauts carried an American flag, one carried a Chinese flag and the other two belonged to space companies owned by...
by admin | Jan 23, 2024 | ashes, moon, Nasa, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was at risk than just US$108 million worth of development and equipment. The agency earned the ire of the Native American Navajo people, who made a bid to stop the launch...
