Lunar scientists have announced the discovery of a 50-kilometer-wide piece of rock beneath the surface of the lunar sides and is made of something commonly found in kitchens. The team detailed their startling discovery on Thursday, days before presenting the work at the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Lyon, France. A series of satellites has detected … Read more
India hopes its lunar lander, Vikram, will deploy to unload a rover. This is the second successful soft landing attempt.Credit: DOS/ISRO India is preparing to launch a spacecraft that will take a lander to the moon on July 14. If the mission is successful, India will become only the fourth country to carry out a … Read more
Round and round: NASA’s veteran Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the moon since it first entered lunar orbit in June 2009. Over the 14 years since its launch, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has produced proven images and data that have transformed our understanding of Earth’s celestial neighbor. While the old craft remains … Read more
a small spacecraft orbiting the moon Round and round: NASA’s veteran Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the moon since it first entered lunar orbit in June 2009. Over the 14 years since its launch, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has produced proven images and data that have transformed our understanding of Earth’s celestial … Read more
