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SpaceX on Thursday announced a new plan to launch a tourist around the moon using its Big Falcon Rocket, a massive launch vehicle that is being designed to carry people into deep space. "SpaceX has signed the world's first private passenger to fly around the ...
Moon rock hunter closes in on tracking down missing stones across America
A strange thing happened after Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 crew returned from the moon with lunar rocks: Many of the mementos given to every U.S. state vanished. Now, after years of sleuthing, a former NASA investigator is closing in on his goal ...
Newly confirmed water on moon has NASA chief excited about prospects for humans' return
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has a vision for "sustainable" human exploration of the moon, and he cites the newly confirmed ice on the lunar surface as a key to success. "We know that there's hundreds of billions of tons of water ice on the surface ...
'Blood Moon' dazzles stargazers in longest lunar eclipse of 21st century
A blood-red moon dazzled stargazers across much of the world on Friday when it moved into Earth's shadow for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century. From the Cape of Good Hope to the Middle East, and from the Kremlin to Sydney Harbour, thousands ...
China launches satellite as part of program to explore dark side of moon later this year
China launched a relay satellite on Monday as part of a groundbreaking program to land a probe on the far side of the moon later this year. The satellite lofted into space aboard a Long March-4C rocket will facilitate communication between controllers on Earth and ...
Abundant water likely to exist under 'moon rabbit,' Japanese research team says
Abundant water is highly likely to exist in the form of ice under Oceanus Procellarum, a lunar mare known as "moon rabbit" in Japan, a Japanese research team has said. Although it was long thought that there was little water on the moon, recent observations ...
Japan must work closely with the U.S., South Korea, and China to ensure that North Korea commits to irreversible denuclearization and then follows through on that promise.
NASA cuts funds for developing moon rover, shocking scientists
In a move that shocked lunar scientists, NASA has canceled the only robotic vehicle under development to explore the surface of the moon, despite President Donald Trump's vow to return people there. Scientists working on the Resource Prospector (RP) mission, a robotic rover that had ...
U.S. and South Korean diplomacy with North Korea can only succeed if it is realistic and hard-nosed.
The newly created Space Colony Research Center led by Japan's first female astronaut is bringing cutting-edge technology to bear on one of mankind's greatest questions: Can we live in space? Tucked away in high-tech laboratories at Tokyo University of Science, 30 researchers led by Chiaki ...
Top down and foot to the floor, 'Starman' motoring Tesla Roadster toward asteroid belt beyond Mars
The world's first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars. SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed the new, more distant route for his rocketing Tesla Roadster. The red electric convertible was the unorthodox cargo aboard his company's brand new Falcon Heavy ...
