Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
The Otherwise Unremarkable ‘Rock Boxes’ That Brought Pieces of the Moon Back to Earth
Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...
Aviation Week Network2d
NASA Faces The Promise And Peril Of Moondust
As NASA plans to establish a permanent Moon base via its Artemis program, it is looking to avoid the dangers of lunar ...
Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why
Wearing the wrong shoe on Earth can lead to injury. Researchers still need to figure out the physical consequences of spending a long time walking around on the Moon.
Astronomy20d
Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots — here’s why
For the Artemis program astronauts, walking on the Moon will require new ways of thinking, the latest technology, and innovative approaches to improve boot and spacesuit design. The Apollo program ...
OTD In Space – February 6: Astronauts Play Golf On The Moon
Apollo 14 astronaut Al Shepard became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon. Though he was there doing scientific ...
Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid
What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...
BBC on MSN14d
Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?
The success of SpaceX and other private-sector space firms is throwing up hard questions about America's "great national ...
Space on MSN12d
A red moon: Will the next 'Sputnik Moment' be made in China?
Why being first to return to the moon matters.