Earth as seen by the Danuri orbiter. Credit: KARI.South Korea's first-ever lunar orbiter Danuri has sent out black-and-white pictures of the Moon's surface and Earth, the national space center claimed Tuesday.Danuri-- a portmanteau of the Korean words for "Moon" and "enjoy"-- was released on a SpaceX rocket from the USA in August 2022 and went...
NASA's Orion spacecraft en route for the Moon, with the Earth in the background, in a photo released by NASA in November 2022.Exceeding expectationsOn the third day after taking off from Florida bound for the Moon, the Orion spacecraft is "surpassing effectiveness expectations," NASA officials stated on Friday.First flight aims to ensure vehicle safetyThe...
An image from the super computer simulation of the creation of the Moon. Credit: Durham UniversityResearchers from Durham University's Institute for Computational Cosmology used the most precise supercomputer simulations ever, revealing an alternative for how the Moon formed 4.5 billion years ago. It showed that a colossal impact between Earth and a Mars-sized body...
ispace’s Series 2 lunar lander. Credit: ispaceThe technician team working from lunar exploration start-up ispace has unveiled its coming generation lunar lander, in time for its third lunar mission.According to Series 2, the lander is at the moment anticipated to launch in 2024 and is greater in size and haul storage capacity than the...
