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Scientists are borrowing a NASA dust-zapping trick to keep solar panels cleaner in dusty places like the American Southwest, India, and the Sahel, and the payoff could be cheaper power with less water and laborSolar power is growing, but dust significantly reduces panel efficiency. A startup, Clear Solar, is using technology developed for Mars rov...
NASA unveils 3-phase plan for permanent moon base; 3 missions this yearNASA has unveiled a $20 billion plan to establish a permanent moon base, with three missions scheduled for this year to deliver equipment a...
Here's a look at moon landing hits and missesFirefly Aerospace became the first private company to achieve a successful moon landing. This milestone follows previous attempts and contr...
NASA pulls plug on $450 million VIPER Rover Mission, eyes new lunar projectsNASA has cancelled its $450 million VIPER mission, citing cost increases, delays, and future risks. Despite this, NASA remains committed to...
Space startups see funding surge as government spending remains high, report saysGeopolitical uncertainties have largely driven the surge in funding, as geospatial data and images collected by satellites are used by gove...
Exploring the history of lunar landings, as U.S. company achieves first private moon landingA U.S. company, Intuitive Machines, has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon, becoming the first private entity to do so. This achi...
Private US moon lander launched half century after last Apollo lunar missionIntuitive Machines' Nova-C lander, Odysseus, launched to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in 50 years. China aims for crewed lunar la...
Moon cargo like human ashes, drink containers sparks legal debateAn array of unconventional, privately funded plans to exploit the moon, including using it as a site for capsules of human remains, adverti...
Why space agencies are racing to conquer the moon?Embark on a celestial journey as global space agencies, including India, rekindle lunar exploration. The Moon, teeming with vital resources...
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' attempts precision lunar landingJapan's precision "Moon Sniper" began its "power descent sequence" early Saturday towards the lunar surface, one of several new missions sp...
First US lunar lander in more than 50 years launched but develops problem on way to moonThe Pittsburgh company's lander caught a ride on a brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan. The Vulcan streaked through the Flori...
Meet the India-origin engineer leading America's first moon landing mission in 50 yearsNASA has launched five payloads to the Moon aboard Astrobotic's Peregrine lander, marking the inaugural mission under NASA's CLPS initiativ...
Peregrine Mission-1: Lander carries DNA of former US presidents and Star Trek icons on moonPeregrine Mission – 1, is the first US spacecraft to be landing on the moon's surface, after Apollo 17 in 1972. Here's everything to know m...
A drive around the moon: How does India's Pragyan rover compare to China's Yutu-2?Compared to China’s sturdy rover, India’s probably won’t last very long. ISRO has said Pragyan has a mission life of just one lunar day, or...
Race to Moon: India soft lands at moon; where are the rest?Russia's Luna-25 probe met with an untimely end after colliding with the Moon's surface ahead of a planned landing. Meanwhile, China is aim...
Japan firm fails in bid for historic Moon landingThe unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander had been scheduled to touch down on the Moon's surface overnight, but about 25 minutes after the lan...
2022 is full of first steps to the moon2022 is the year for those initial steps toward the moon. Two new rockets central to NASA’s lunar plans will launch to space for the first ...
Where NASA will send its first robotic Moon rover to search for iceVIPER will land near the moon’s south pole, at the western edge of the 45-mile-wide Nobile crater, which formed when something hit the moon.
- NASA reveals plans for future missions to Moon
Washington, March 9 (IANS) The first of two mid-size commercial missions to the Moon for NASA could come as early as 2022, said the US spac...
Team Indus wins competition to land robot on moon, bags Google Lunar Xprize of $1 millionThe mission, when complete, is expected to cost about $30 million. About 26 teams from around the world are taking part in the Google Lunar...