Christina Koch and her Artemis II crewmates have been training since 2023 for the mission that will return humans to lunar orbit for the first time in more than 50 years. Among the most distinctive ...

Some parts of the moon are more interesting than others, especially when searching for future places for humans to land and work. There are also some parts of the moon about which we know less than ...

The next-generation spacesuit for NASA's Artemis III mission continues to advance by passing a contractor-led technical ...

The Moon’s geological history is recorded in a rich tapestry of impact structures, volcanic deposits, and tectonic features that reveal its complex evolution. Recent advances in remote sensing, in ...

Scientists from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute, and other institutions, have revised the decades-old ...

The Moon's near and far sides exhibit striking asymmetry—from topography and crustal thickness to volcanic activity—yet the origins of these differences long puzzled scientists. China's Chang'e-6 ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The Panel on Lunar and Planetary Sciences will gather information ...

Image of the Northest Africa 16286 sample obtained using a scanning electron microscope. These are what’s referred to as “backscattered electron images”, and the different shades of grey highlight ...

ABB will develop the concept for a unique version of its infrared spectrometer for Canada’s Lunar Utility Rover The instrument would analyze the soil's chemical composition in an effort to assess to ...

A bizarre-looking series of features on the Moon, captured in NASA imagery, appears to resemble the pathway of an enormous serpent slithering across the lunar surface.

As one of four panels that will provide input to the steering committee of "Key Non-Polar Destinations Across the Moon to Address Decadal-level Science Objectives with Human Explorers," the Panel on ...