After touchdown in early March within the moon’s Mare Crisium impact basin, the Firefly Aerospace lunar lander became an on-duty robotic scientist. Kicking up dust and rocks, the Blue Ghost Mission-1’s full-stop arrival on March 2 marked…
China’s Moon exploration program may utilize specialized robots to explore lunar caves. The country has officially completed its first teaching and practice base for the “simulated Moon underground space” program. Research activities were…
NASA: Assessments of Major Projects is a just-released report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) – the 17th annual assessment of these projects. In fiscal year 2025, NASA planned to invest about $74 billion in its major…
Heads up…today is International Asteroid Day! This impactful festivity is a global opportunity to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard. Also this Day is designed to inform the public about the crisis communication…
Look for a NASA Headquarters Budget protest on Monday outside the space agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. As noted in the eagle-eyed NASA Watch website, according to the protest organizers: “This is NOT a picket line. We will not…
While NASA’s Mars Sample Return initiative is in political hot water, China is moving ahead on plotting out its rendezvous with the Red Planet. New details of China’s aims are emerging. Just how impactful could their success be is now at…