“What do you hope to achieve in the next ten years?” is a well-known question, often asked during job interviews or when starting a new business. Axiom space was founded in 2016, so it’s approaching the ten-year milestone — and the Houston-based company has already checked off a lot of the boxes that were probably … Read more
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. In recent years, competing nations have turned the moon into a hotspot for activity not seen since the Apollo 17 astronauts left the moon’s surface in 1972. In one lunar region, … Read more
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. In recent years, competing nations have turned the moon into a hotspot for activity not seen since the Apollo 17 astronauts left the moon’s surface in 1972. In one lunar region, … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. When the Chang’e-4 mission landed in the Von Karman Crater on January 3, 2019, China became the first and only country to land on the far side of the moon – the side that always … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. When the Chang’e-4 mission landed in the Von Karman Crater on January 3, 2019, China became the first and only country to land on the far side of the moon – the side that always … Read more
WENCHANG SPACE LAUNCH SITE, China — China launched an unmanned lunar spacecraft Friday in a unique mission to bring back samples from the far side of the moon, the latest step in a rapidly advancing Chinese space program that is boosting competition with the United States and others. Chang’e 6 lifted off on time at … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan’s “Moon Sniper” lander has defied all odds for the third time, surviving another long, frigid moon night despite not being designed to withstand such harsh conditions. According … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan’s “Moon Sniper” lander has defied all odds for the third time, surviving another long, frigid moon night despite not being designed to withstand such harsh conditions. According … Read more
When Firefly Aerospace launches its Blue Ghost lander to the moon’s surface later this year, it will do so aboard a SpaceX rocket and with $112 million in funding from NASA. But CEO Bill Weber sees a future where the Texas-based company goes it alone, completing fully commercial moon missions on a mid-sized rocket built … Read more
Earth’s ‘quasi-moon’ probably rocketed away from the actual moon relatively recently in the solar system’s history, a new study suggests. Kamo’oalewa, a 131- to 328-foot-wide (40 to 100 meters) Near Earth Object (NEO), was liberated between 1 million and 10 million years ago by an asteroid impact, an impact that destroyed the 13.7-mile-wide ( 22 … Read more