Japan’s Moon Lander Just Won’t Die
Japan had its moment in the Moon’s glow earlier this year when scientists landed a lunar probe on the surface of our nearest ...
Japan's Moon lander makes it through another lunar night
Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has woken up again, having survived three lunar nights. A post on social ...
Chandrayaan-2 spots Japan's Slim lander resting on the Moon
The timing of the image capture was crucial, as it occurred during a period when the sun's elevation was low, casting long, ...
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Japan's moon lander survives third lunar night
SLIM successfully reestablished communication and was continuing to take snapshots and probe the lunar surface, JAXA said.
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NASA and Nokia’s 4G lunar network could enable historic ice discovery
The lunar 4G network could transmit the first close-up evidence of ice at the lunar south pole. NASA and Nokia have teamed up ...
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China confirms target date for landing taikonauts on the moon
The plan is to put two taikonauts on the moon for a period of about six hours before they ... the Mengzhou crew spacecraft, the lunar lander Lanyue, and the lunar landing suits, are all complete,” Lin ...
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'Like a nanoscopic Moon lander': scientists unlock secret of how pyramidal molecules move across surfaces
Scientists have watched a molecule move across a graphite surface in unprecedented detail. It turns out this particular molecule moves like a Moon ...
Japan's lunar lander SLIM surprisingly reports back after third night
Although it is not designed for the extreme night-time temperatures on the moon, it has survived three nights.
China launches 3-member Shenzhou-18 crew to its Tiangong space station
The Shenzhou-18 spacecraft, along with its three passengers, launched atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite ...
China sends trio to Tiangong space station from Gobi desert launch as authorities declare 2030 moon landing on track
The Shenzhou-18 spacecraft successfully lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northeastern China’s Gobi ...
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NASA's Advanced Solar Sail Has Successfully Deployed in Space
On Tuesday a RocketLab Electron rocket launched NASA's new Advanced Composite Solar Sail System. It aims to test the ...
NASA seeks help from private companies for expensive Mars Sample Return mission
A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from ...