NASA’s learned a lot about the Moon since Apollo. But a perfect landing still requires incredible planning and scientific precision.
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Tardigrades are tiny animals known for their extraordinary survival skills, but are they tough enough to survive a space-probe crash and conditions on the Moon?
The Peregrine and Nova-C landers are due to carry out valuable science at two diverse lunar locations.
Some dark craters on the Moon are never exposed to light − ice could be hiding in these permanently shadowed regions, and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission marked a big step toward finding it.
Space missions are still difficult, dangerous and risky – but it’s still early days in the human journey beyond our planet.
While a return to the Moon will allow the U.S. to collaborate with other nations interested in space, this endeavor is also complicated by geopolitical tensions.
A 10kg rover, due to land on the Moon by 2024, will be fitted with an advanced robotic arm design and manufactured in Australia.
Who cares what happens to bootprints on the Moon? All humans should. And thankfully the US Congress and president agree.
The technologies behind weather forecasting, GPS and even smartphones can trace their origins to the race to the Moon.
Scientists are figuring out how to reduce the cost of space travel – to and from the Moon and possibly to Mars. One approach is to mine the Moon for resources necessary for interplanetary travel.
The private space race is about to take another great leap as Israel sends a private lander to the moon.
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Assistant Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Maître de conférences, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Associate Professor - Physics, RMIT University
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Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University
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Planetarium Director, NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee