ABC‘s David Muir (2/22/24): “We have just learned now the landing was a success.” By Karl Grossman, Published by Fair, 7 March 2024 “In a historic lunar accomplishment, the first private spacecraft to land successfully on the Moon touched down on February 22,” the journal Nature (2/23/24) trumpeted the following day. That
Image: Youtube By Misty Severi, Published by The Washington Examiner, 5 March 2024 Russia and China are looking to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade, which they hope would one day lead to lunar settlements, according to Russia’s space agency Roscosmos. Yuri Borisov, the
By Peter Howson, Published by Jacobin, 23 February 2024 Texas start-up Intuitive Machines has achieved the first moon landing by a private firm. It’s dumping rich people’s detritus on the lunar surface — a grim sign of how the superrich plan to plant their flag beyond our own planet. Amid
An artist's concept of possible nuclear fission reactors on the Moon. Credit: NASA By Carolyn Collins Peterson, Published by Universe Today, 10 February 2024 What's the most important thing you need to live and work on the Moon? Power. For NASA's upcoming Artemis program, getting power to lunar bases is a
Artist's illustration of a power system on the moon. NASA plans a sustained presence on the moon and eventually Mars. Safe, efficient, reliable energy will be key to future robotic and human exploration. (Image credit: NASA) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 2 February 2024 The project aims to get
Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander is seen here with its ramp unfolded, revealing a small rover that will drive on the lunar surface.Image: ISRO Posted by Intel-Drop, 1 February 2024 New Delhi is experimenting with radioisotopes to charge its robotic missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond Indians
By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 23 February 2024 An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar south pole. Watch: There were celebrations at the Texas company Intuitive
The Starship upper-stage prototype Ship 28 conducts a six-engine static fire test on Dec. 20, 2023. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 31 January 2024 In this proposed arrangement, the Pentagon would fly Starship as a government-controlled vehicle. The U.S. military is considering commandeering SpaceX's reusable Starship
