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NASA has cancelled its VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project 14 months before the golf-cart sized rover, which has Read more

When H G Wells imagined a species of space creatures called Selenites living under the lunar surface in his sci-fi Read more

The Chang’e 6 mission is under way. Its goal is to be the first to bring back a sample from Read more

The cost of NASA’s Mars Sample Return project has doubled from a projected US$5.3 billion to US$11 billion, prompting many Read more

Farah Ghouri and David Todd followed the launch, descent, landing and subsequent communications of the first private spacecraft lunar landing  Read more

The NASA/CalTech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) field centre has laid off 530 people. The latest cuts, which affect 8 per Read more

While drones are commonplace on Earth, where amateur versions are often used as toys, their use on other planets is Read more

Japan watched with bated breath to see if its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) would safely reach the lunar Read more

NASA has announced a delay in its Artemis human missions to the Moon. Artemis II, originally scheduled for late 2024, Read more