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Artemis lunar spacesuits readied for testing ahead of the postponed 2026 moon landing

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Privately made spacesuits for NASA lunar astronauts could reach a major design milestone this year. Officials from Axiom Space, the company that makes spacesuits for the Artemis program, said Monday (Jan. 22) that the garments may will soon arrive at a critical design assessment. In fact, that review could take place as early as June. … Read more

Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ probe lands on the moon, but suffers from a power problem

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Japan is on the moon – at least for a few hours. The country’s robotic SLIM spacecraft landed on the lunar surface this morning (Jan. 19), marking a huge success for Japan, becoming only the fifth country to land softly on Earth’s nearest neighbor. “First and foremost, the landing was successful,” Yamakawa Hiroshi, chairman of … Read more