MOON - INDO DAILY

May 12, 2017 (ESA)

These miniature missions variously involve probing lunar radiation, surveying the radio sky over the far side of the Moon, mapping minerals and frozen gases wit...

Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat

May 04, 2017 (ESA)

"We took simulated lunar material and cooked it in a solar furnace," explains materials engineer Advenit Makaya, overseeing the project for ESA. "This was done ...

NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission

May 02, 2017 (SPX)

The instrument, named ShadowCam, will be a U.S. contribution to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute's (KARI) first lunar exploration mission, Korea Pathfinde...

Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS

Apr 27, 2017 (Sputnik)

In August, Solntsev said Energia was preparing a Moon expedition on board an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft, with eight space tourists interested in a trip. Renowned...

India dreams of harvesting lunar dust to power fusion rectors

Apr 24, 2017 (Sputnik)

"All of India's energy requirements could be met through Helium 3 mined from the moon. By 2030, this processing target will be met, he said while delivering the...

Swedish Institute of Space Physics goes back to the Moon

Apr 23, 2017 (SPX)

The ASAN instrument will be launched at the end of 2018 onboard the Chinese Chang'e 4 mission to the Moon. Chang'e 4 consists of an orbiter, lander and rover. C...

NASA Scientists Find Dynamo at Lunar Core May Have Formed Magnetic Field

Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)

Magnetized lunar rocks returned to Earth during the Apollo missions established that the moon once had a magnetic field. The moon's magnetic field lasted for mo...

How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true age

Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)

While orbiting the Moon in 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 photographed a strange geological feature - a bumpy, D-shaped depression about two miles long and a mile ...

Surviving the long dark night of the Moon

Mar 27, 2017 (ESA)

Designers of future Moon missions and bases have to contend with a chilling challenge: how might their creations endure the fortnight-long lunar night? ESA has ...

Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From India

Mar 17, 2017 (IANS)

Seven teams, including three from India, have qualified for the country's first private moon mission in December, space technology start-up TeamIndus said on We...

Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

Unlocking humanity's future as an interplanetary species is no simple feat. But students at Arizona State University and the Central University of Tamil Nadu in...

The Second Moon Race

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

At first glance it's easy to dismiss China's efforts as being little more than what the US and Russia achieved decades ago. And while the pace of China's manned...

Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destination

Mar 12, 2017 (AFP)

Dismissed by former US president Barack Obama as a place explorers had already seen, the Moon has once again gained interest as a potential destination under Do...

NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiters

Mar 10, 2017 (UPI)

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said it has located its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft after disappearing for years. JPL sai...

India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO Chief

Mar 03, 2017 (Sputnik)

ISRO boss AS Kiran Kumar says the second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 is making good progress; it is scheduled for launch next year. But critics question why sho...

An Epic Lunar Experience Lands at Space Center Houston

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for...

India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar Surface

Feb 17, 2017 (Sputnik)

ISRO has started a series of ground tests for testing the performance of sensors and actuators for soft landing of the Lander on the lunar surface. India Space ...

Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia

Feb 01, 2017 (Sputnik)

The Moon may be peppered with oxygen transmitted by life on Earth, according to a scientific study, opening up the possibility that the Earth's atmosphere of bi...

Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017

Feb 01, 2017 (Sputnik)

Moon Express, the first private company to receive government approval for a space mission, has announced an additional $20 million raised for a lunar voyage in...

LunaH-Map CubeSat to map the Moon's water deposits

Jan 31, 2017 (SPX)

Arizona State University (ASU) is developing a small satellite that will search hydrogen in lunar craters with the ultimate goal of creating the most detailed m...