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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Is Officially Lost in Space -- but Maybe Not Forever
The Lunar Trailblazer's mission is to spend six months floating to the moon, where it'll take high-resolution photos of the entire surface. The purpose of this excursion is to find water ...
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NASA's dishwasher-sized spacecraft will map Moon's water
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer will map the Moon’s water, tracking its location, form, and changes. Mission focuses on the Moon’s ...
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Lunar Anomaly Detection: How AI is Transforming Moon Exploration
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we explore the Moon. In a recent SETI Live, authors Adam Lesnikowski and Daniel Angerhausen, hosted by Franck Marchis, a Senior Planetary Astronomer at ...
Lunar sample research could help protect astronauts and uncover origins of water on the moon
Dust and rocks residing on the surface of the moon take a beating in space. Without a protective magnetosphere and atmosphere ...
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See the Striking New Images From the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, Now the Second Private Spacecraft to Touch Down on the Moon
Firefly Aerospace's lander reached lunar soil early Sunday morning, after a 2.8-million-mile journey lasting 45 days ...
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Juno reveals dozens of lava lakes on Jupiter’s moon Io
NASA’s Juno spacecraft identifies over 40 enormous lava lakes on Io, shedding light on the extreme volcanism sculpting Jupiter’s moon.
Scientists identify unexpected variations in electrons connecting Jupiter with its moon Io
Using data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter's highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...
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Athena Lands on the Moon, Becomes Space Company's Second Lander to Do It
The second Moon lander from Intuitive Machines reached its destination and it's presently on the surface of the satellite.