Why being first to return to the moon matters. In late 1957, the US Navy's Vanguard rocket was primed to launch the world's first artificial satellite. But, on the morning of Oct. 4, the Soviet ...

America ultimately won the race to the moon, and the benefits changed the nation and the world. The question that confronts us today is: Can the United States prevail again? Sixty-seven years after ...

But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts.

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 12, 2025, the moon is 14 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

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when the Earth’s shadow causes the moon to appear red. This shadow gave the moon a ghostly appearance, and it seemed all red and brown in colour. In 2025, the Blood moon is expected to rise on ...

It was "a crazy, maybe idiotic, but at the same time, in my mind, really poetic thought to put a red house with white corners on the surface of the moon," Genberg said in a video posted on Facebook.

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

Meanwhile, Tokyo-based Ispace sent Resilience, an improved version of the Hakuto-R spacecraft that crash-landed on the moon in 2023. A mini rover is on board, as well as a tiny red artwork called ...

The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated. By Zachary Small For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to ...

Whilst it remains unclear, what, exactly, the collaboration will be, noted Fortnite leaker HypeX said the status change likely comes because "they probably made a lot of progress and moved into ...

We all know that the Moon is made of Swiss cheese – but you might mistake it for Red Leicester in a couple of months. Lowly Earthlings are about to get their first chance this year of seeing a ...