While Resilience and Blue Ghost are in orbit and preparing to leave for the moon, another lunar lander — Intuitive Machines ' IM-2, or Athena — recently arrived at Cape Canaveral to loaded atop of a ...
The propulsion module will enable the lander to ascend and descend to the moon’s surface, carrying its cargo of scientific instruments, rovers, and more, which will assure European autonomous access ...
Thales Alenia Space has secured an €862 million contract with the European Space Agency to develop the Lunar Descent Element for the Argonaut m ...
The RPS uses two Stirling engines to convert the heat generated by the decay of Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) into electricity.
Russia's first lunar lander mission in 47 years ended in failure when Luna-25 crashed into the moon. Credit: Space.com | footage and animation courtesy: Roscosmos | edited by Steve Spaleta ...
As environmental concerns mount, nuclear propulsion offers a solution for billionaires. Nuclear-powered yachts could potentially sail the world’s oceans without emitting direct carbon, making them a ...
On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows ...
A local fossil hunter found animal vomit at a Danish geological site that is believed to be 66 million years old.
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...
A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling ...
A man who survived being shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an oncoming train in New York City says that in spite of the trauma, he eventually plans to make ...