WASHINGTON — While NASA is pushing ahead with a crewed moon landing during the Artemis 3 mission in September 2026, the agency’s own analysis estimates there is a nearly one-in-three chance that the lander will be at least a year and a half late. That review grew out of a confirmation review for the Human … Read more
China’s Chang’e 6 mission has successfully delivered the very first samples from the far side of the moon to Earth. But what happened to the lander that collected the lunar material? Change 6 launched on May 3. The mission consisted of four spacecraft: an orbiter, a lander, an ascent vehicle, and a return capsule. The … Read more
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has gotten its first look at China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The Change 6 The lander is flanked by two craters that are similar in size and sits on the edge of a much subtler crater about 50 meters wide, reports Mark Robinson, the … Read more
Human technology such as cell phones and cell towers continuously emit radio waves roomand astronomers estimate that this telltale feature has penetrated humanity 75 nearby galaxies, which is a signal to any vigilant alien civilization that Earth is home to a technologically advanced species. And although scientists have long listened to our planet’s incessant radio … Read more