je.st
news
Tag: moon
China's Moon Rover May Be Dead
2014-02-13 04:01:27| IT Services - Topix.net
Image taken by the on-board camera of the lunar probe Chang'e-3 shows China's first lunar rover "Jade Rabbit" touching the moon's surface.
NASA is planning to make water and oxygen on the Moon and Mars by 2020
2014-01-30 19:07:30| Extremetech
NASA is forging ahead with plans to make water, oxygen, and hydrogen on the surface of the Moon and Mars. If we ever want to colonize other planets, it is vital that we find a way of extracting these vital gases and liquids from moons and planets, rather than transporting them from Earth (which is prohibitively expensive, due to Earth's gravity). The current plan is to land a rover on the Moon in 2018 that will try to extract hydrogen, water, and oxygen -- and then hopefully, Curiosity's successor will try to convert the CO2 in the atmosphere into oxygen in 2020 when it lands on Mars.
Chinas space rampage continues: Beautiful photos from humanitys first Moon rover in 40 years
2014-01-14 21:15:16| Extremetech
For the first time in 40 years, after the Soviet Union’s Lunokhod 2 rover finally gave up in 1973, humanity once again has a rover exploring the surface of the Moon, sending back awesome photos of Earth — the Blue Marble — hanging in space, and of the lunar surface. Rather surprisingly (or not, depending on your…
Chinese rover begins its journey to monetize the moon (with video)
2013-12-27 15:28:46| Extremetech
China's first lunar lander makes the country just one of three to ever drive on the Moon, but the world's second-greatest power has goals beyond pure exploration and science.
MX-1 to Shoot for Moon - and $20 Million
2013-12-07 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Moon Express on Thursday unveiled the design of its MX-1 robotic spacecraft to more than 10,000 attendees at the closing session of Autodesk University in Las Vegas. Moon Express plans to deploy the unmanned MX-1 to the moon and perhaps capture Google's Lunar XPrize. The MX-1 will be able to perform a variety of scientific and commercial functions.
Sites : [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] next »