the south pole of the moon

Environmental tests of Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lunar lander have been completed inside Thermal Vacuum Chamber A at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA

Blue Origin's lunar lander passes critical thermal vacuum test at NASA

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Blue Moon Mark 1, an unmanned cargo lander from Blue Origin, has completed environmental testing in the thermal vacuum chamber at Johnson Space Center. The lander is designed to demonstrate landing, propulsion and navigation technologies for lunar missions.

Not all cold traps at the moon's south pole preserved ice equally well

New scientific evidence suggests that ice has been accumulating on the moon for the past billion and a half years, revealing where it's best to look for it.
The Athena spacecraft during preparations for landing on the moon. Photo: Intuitive Machines

The Athena probe landed near the moon's south pole, but communication with it is problematic

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Astronaut Kate Robbins looks at a geological sample she collected during a simulated moonwalk. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Michael Jackson in Arizona caves - NASA is rehearsing for moon walks

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During NASA's Operation Artemis, astronauts will tour the moon. To prepare for this, the space agency is conducting a weeklong field experiment in the lunar-like landscape of the San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona, to
Photograph of the landing site from the moon lander Odysseus. PR photo, from the Intuitive Machines website

The moon lander Odysseus will stop operating the day after tomorrow (Tuesday 5/3/2024) when darkness falls on its landing area on the side

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Odysseus landed on its side instead of landing at a vertical angle, which disrupted communication with Earth. Some of the antennas were blocked by the inverted spacecraft, and those that remained exposed were too close to the ground, which
The Indian lander Vircam as photographed from the Paragain robotic vehicle. Photo by the Indian Space Agency ISRO

Surprising presence of sulfur in the soil of the South Pole of the Moon by the Indian robotic vehicle Paragain in the Chandrayaan-3 mission

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The vehicle discovered a wide variety of heavy elements, but this is the first evidence of the presence of sulfur * The rover will tour the south pole of the moon for two weeks and look for signs of water ice
Simulation of the landing of the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft on the moon. Image: ISRO

India's Chandrayaan-3 Landing at the South Pole of the Moon - Space Policy Expert Explains the Context

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The fact that so many nations - the United States, Russia, China, India, Israel - and even commercial entities are interested in landing on the moon means that there are many opportunities to create new partnerships
Chandrayaan 3 mission logo. Courtesy of Indian Space Research Organization - ISRO

The Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan 3 has landed safely on the moon. Live Broadcast

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The spacecraft made history as the first to land on the south pole of the moon. India became only the fourth country to make a soft landing on the moon
Blue Origin founder, tycoon Jeff Bezos, unveils the company's launch site at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida in a ceremony held in 2015, from which the new launcher New Glen will be launched.

Delivery service to the moon: Blue Origin offers to build a lander to deliver supplies to a manned base on the moon

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An illustration created using LRO altimeter data shows a possible appearance of Shackleton Crater at the moon's south pole.

LRO confirmed the possibility of ice in the Shackleton Crater at the south pole of the Moon

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