Moon News


Mission Press Releases

  • Astronauts may one day drink water from ancient moon volcanoes
    University of Colorado at Boulder - Wednesday, May 18, 2022
    Posted on: 5/18/2022 2:52:00 PM PDT

  • Smithsonian and Meta Invite Visitors To “Walk on the Moon” in Exclusive New Virtual Reality Experience at the “FUTURES” Exhibition
    National Air and Space Museum - Friday, May 13, 2022
    Posted on: 5/13/2022 4:08:29 PM PDT

  • Radar Studies of Ice at Mercury May Help Artemis Program
    Universities Space Research Association - Wednesday, March 16, 2022
    Posted on: 3/16/2022 5:25:40 PM PDT

  • For All Moonkind Redoubles its Efforts in Wake of Lunar Crash
    For All Moonkind - Tuesday, March 8, 2022
    Posted on: 3/9/2022 12:31:42 AM PDT

  • Researchers propose new explanation for Moon’s half-century magnetic mystery
    Brown University - Thursday, January 13, 2022
    Posted on: 1/13/2022 4:35:48 PM PDT

  • NASA Selects New Members for Artemis Rover Science Team
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Tuesday, December 21, 2021
    Posted on: 12/22/2021 2:35:03 AM PDT

  • Lunar radar data uncovers new clues about moon’s ancient past
    Pennsylvania State University - Thursday, December 2, 2021
    Posted on: 12/2/2021 3:32:52 PM PDT

  • NASA’s Artemis Rover Passes Critical Design Review
    NASA HQ - Wednesday, October 27, 2021
    Posted on: 10/27/2021 6:35:04 PM PDT

  • Lunar Crater Named After USRA Scientist Paul Spudis
    Universities Space Research Association - Monday, October 25, 2021
    Posted on: 10/25/2021 3:51:17 PM PDT

  • Celebrate Virtual International Observe the Moon Night with NASA
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Tuesday, October 12, 2021
    Posted on: 10/13/2021 1:08:10 AM PDT

  • Chang’e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks
    Washington University in St. Louis - Thursday, October 7, 2021
    Posted on: 10/7/2021 8:46:51 PM PDT

  • Samples returned by Chang’e-5 indicate late volcanism on the Moon
    American Association for the Advancement of Science - Thursday, October 7, 2021
    Posted on: 10/7/2021 8:42:14 PM PDT

  • Lunar Crater Named After Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson by International Astronomical Union, Accepting NASA/LPI Proposal
    NASA HQ - Monday, September 20, 2021
    Posted on: 9/20/2021 4:54:19 PM PDT

  • A Lunar-based Soft X-ray Imager (LSXI) for the Earth’s magnetosphere
    Science in China Press - Wednesday, September 1, 2021
    Posted on: 9/1/2021 3:23:04 PM PDT

  • SwRI to adapt mass spectrometer for lunar missions
    Southwest Research Institute - Monday, July 19, 2021
    Posted on: 7/19/2021 2:05:58 PM PDT

  • NASA Selects New Science Investigations for Future Moon Deliveries
    NASA HQ - Thursday, June 10, 2021
    Posted on: 6/10/2021 8:07:36 PM PDT

  • Lunar sample tells ancient story with help of Curtin’s world-class facilities
    Curtin University - Thursday, June 10, 2021
    Posted on: 6/10/2021 4:56:30 PM PDT

  • Award from Canadian Space Agency allows Mission Control to bring Canadian innovation to the Moon
    Mission Control Space Services Inc. - Wednesday, May 26, 2021
    Posted on: 5/28/2021 12:12:09 AM PDT

  • Chairs Johnson and Beyer Statement on GAO Report on NASA Lunar Program
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - Wednesday, May 26, 2021
    Posted on: 5/27/2021 6:01:31 PM PDT

  • UCF Scientist's Unique Camera Will Investigate the Moon's South Pole
    University of Central Florida - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
    Posted on: 3/31/2021 11:11:48 PM PDT

    		• Mission Status Releases

  • The Cost of Lunar Landing Pads with a Trade Study of Construction Methods
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - May 2, 2022
    Posted on: 5/3/2022 1:25:05 AM PDT

  • Viscous dissipation in the fluid core of the Moon
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 4, 2022
    Posted on: 1/4/2022 2:55:10 PM PDT

  • LEAG: Community Datasets
    Lunar and Planetary Institute - November 8, 2021
    Posted on: 11/8/2021 3:45:18 PM PDT

  • NASA Smdph Commercial Lunar Payload Services Workshop Report
    NASA HQ - October 22, 2021
    Posted on: 10/22/2021 5:09:03 PM PDT

  • NASA. ROSES-21 Amendment 28: Lunar Data Analysis Program Focus on Lunar Science
    NASA HQ - August 3, 2021
    Posted on: 8/3/2021 2:10:04 PM PDT

  • Reminder! Community Announcement: Lunar Surface Science Workshop
    NASA HQ - June 3, 2021
    Posted on: 6/3/2021 8:29:58 PM PDT

  • NASA Lunar Programs: Significant Work Remains, Underscoring Challenges to Achieving Moon Landing in 2024
    Government Accountability Office - May 27, 2021
    Posted on: 5/27/2021 1:01:03 PM PDT

  • NASA ROSES-21 Amendment 22: Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) DRAFT text released for community comment
    NASA Science Mission Directorate - May 20, 2021
    Posted on: 5/20/2021 6:30:54 PM PDT

  • ROSES-21 Amendment 14: New Opportunity in C.27 VIPER Mission Co-Investigator Program
    NASA HQ - May 3, 2021
    Posted on: 5/3/2021 3:12:17 PM PDT

  • NASA Lunar Surface Science Workshop
    NASA HQ - April 27, 2021
    Posted on: 4/27/2021 3:03:17 PM PDT

  • NASA ROSES-2020 Amendment 89: C.8 LDAP Step-2 Proposal due date delayed to March 5, 2021, due to widespread power loss
    NASA Science Mission Directorate - February 19, 2021
    Posted on: 2/19/2021 3:30:48 PM PDT

  • Low Radio Frequency Observations from the Moon Enabled by NASA Landed Payload Missions
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 5, 2021
    Posted on: 2/5/2021 6:47:04 PM PDT

  • Design and optimization of dihedral angle offsets for the next generation lunar retro-reflectors
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - December 29, 2020
    Posted on: 12/29/2020 9:38:58 PM PDT

  • FemtoSats for Exploring Permanently Shadowed Regions on the Moon
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - December 17, 2020
    Posted on: 12/18/2020 1:24:29 AM PDT

  • ESA: Gateway MoU and Artemis Accords – FAQs
    European Space Agency - December 15, 2020
    Posted on: 12/15/2020 9:21:04 PM PDT

  • Lunar Volatiles and Solar System Science
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - December 2, 2020
    Posted on: 12/14/2020 7:49:03 PM PDT

  • Message From The NASA Administrator: Artemis Team Announcement
    NASA HQ - December 9, 2020
    Posted on: 12/9/2020 8:55:38 PM PDT

  • NASA Artemis III Science Definition Team report
    NASA HQ - December 7, 2020
    Posted on: 12/7/2020 5:01:13 PM PDT

  • Lifetime of a transient atmosphere produced by Lunar Volcanism
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - December 2, 2020
    Posted on: 12/2/2020 8:34:27 PM PDT

  • Lunar Surface Science Workshop: Space Biology Session
    Lunar and Planetary Institute - November 23, 2020
    Posted on: 11/23/2020 9:54:49 PM PDT

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