RAC will sample different surfaces for exposure to the lunar environment after landing ... LPV is going to use compressed gas to blow regolith into a canister," Harris explained, then inquiring ...

Held tight within that canister were delicate wafers ... As clearly indicated by the Apollo lunar samples, pointed out Burnett, "sample returns are forever," with science gained as new ideas ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit.

Instead, the lunar sample is due to be returned this month to NASA headquarters, a NASA spokeswoman confirmed Friday to USA TODAY. The U.S. space agency has long had its sights set on sending ...

Far from ordinary, it took a cutting-edge NASA design to safeguard these treasures during the Apollo missions Elana Scherr Apollo Lunar Sample Container No. 1008, triple-sealed, in which the ...

NASA’s Blue Ghost mission will deploy ten advanced scientific instruments to the Moon, testing technologies for regolith ...

Currently, the manned lunar vehicle has entered the preliminary sample stage, and detailed design and subsequent engineering tests are underway, Zhang said. The CCTV on Wednesday also released ...

Travel and spending during China’s Lunar New Year holiday hit new records this year, giving the government an encouraging boost as it seeks to ramp up the ailing economy. A total of 501 million ...

Historically, China has wielded panda diplomacy as a means of fostering goodwill. But now, the new benchmark of diplomatic ...

The extraordinary formations, each comparable in size to Earth’s Grand Canyon, are hidden on the far side of the moon — the side that always faces away from Earth — near the lunar south pole ...

Pakistan and China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) allowing Pakistan’s first lunar rover to be part of China’s Chang’E 8 mission, SUPARCO announced on Thursday. The Chang’E ...