NASA manager casts doubt on moon landing by astronauts by 2024 deadline set by Trump
A top NASA manager is casting doubt on the space agency's ability to land astronauts on the moon by 2024. Kenneth Bowersox, acting associate administrator for human exploration, told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday that NASA is doing its best to meet the White House-imposed deadline. ...
India locates missing Vikram lunar lander on surface of moon
The lander module from India's moon mission was located on the lunar surface on Sunday, one day after it lost contact with the space station, and efforts are underway to try to establish contact with it, the head of the nation's space agency said. The ...
India loses moon probe; Modi hints speed was too high on approach
India lost communication with its unmanned spacecraft Saturday just before it was due to land on the moon, in a blow to the country's lunar ambitions as the world takes renewed interest in Earth's satellite. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked on in the mission ...
There might be life on the moon after all: thousands of virtually indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, extreme cold and decades without food. These terrifying-sounding beings aren't aliens but instead microscopic Earthlings known as tardigrades, who likely made it out alive ...
Betting on the future of mobility, Toyota pours billions into variety of deals and partnerships
Everywhere you turn in the transportation industry these days, Toyota Motor Corp. already seems to be there. From batteries and self-driving vehicles to lunar rovers and ride-hailing companies, the world's second-biggest automaker is on an investment spree, pouring more than ¥300 billion into deals and ...
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide wants Japanese tech to be used to explore the moon and Mars
Japan should make use of its space technology in international missions to explore the moon and Mars, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide said in an interview in New York on Friday. "As an advanced space nation, Japan has entered an era in which it should play ...
The 2012 death of Neil Armstrong and a hospital's $6 million secret
When Neil Armstrong died in 2012, it was officially put down to complications arising from heart surgery. But seven years on, more murky circumstances have come to light. The New York Times said Tuesday it had received by mail 93 pages of documents revealing a ...
'Stronger than ever' after aborted attempt, India spacecraft set for fresh moon launch
India will make a second attempt Monday to send a landmark spacecraft to the moon after an apparent fuel leak forced last week's launch to be aborted. The South Asian nation is bidding to become just the fourth nation — after Russia, the United States ...
Apollo 11's achievement still dazzles
Apollo 11 was a final flaring of American postwar confidence and pride.
Trump hosts Apollo 11 astronauts on moonshot anniversary, undercuts NASA on Mars plans
Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins reunited Friday, the eve of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. They gathered in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump, who got a rundown on his administration's plans to get astronauts back on the ...
To return to moon, NASA astronauts need new spacesuits and greater urgency, engineer says
Space engineer Pablo de Leon has designed two spacesuit prototypes for the moon and for Mars, and knows how long development takes. If NASA wants to meet its own deadline of returning to the moon by 2024, it needs to get a move on. "NASA still ...
Guaranteeing the freedom to navigate the stars has become no less essential to global peace than safeguarding the freedom to navigate the seas.
