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News Articles: moon

The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023. Four minutes into its flight, it exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

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  • Space

SpaceX wants this supersized rocket to fly. But will investors send it to the Moon?

Getting Starship off the ground is costing the commercial spaceflight company billions of dollars at a time when money is tight. Some analysts think more funding will be needed.

May 05, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
This illustration provided by ispace in April 2023 depicts the Hakuto spacecraft on the surface of the moon with the Earth in the background.

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  • Space

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon

A Japanese company lost contact with its unmanned Hakuto spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed.

April 25, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
As more robots and people travel to the moon in coming years, some researchers believe it's time to set a lunar time standard.

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  • Space

If daylight saving time seems tricky, try figuring out the time on the moon

Scientists are pondering how to tell time on other celestial bodies. It's a lot harder than you might think.

March 12, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Carmen Molina Acosta
NASA's Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.

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  • Space

NASA's Artemis I returns from the moon with hopes to get astronauts back there soon

The successful splashdown of the spacecraft with no humans aboard keeps NASA's Artemis mission on track to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.

December 11, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Ahn
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

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  • Space

A Japanese company has fired a rocket carrying a lunar rover to the moon

A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan.

December 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. This launch is the first flight test of the Artemis program.

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  • Space

After a night of uncertainty, NASA's Artemis moon rocket takes to the skies

NASA's Artemis moon rocket has finally launched after months of setbacks, from fuel leaks to hurricanes. If successful, the mission signals a big step toward returning humans to the moon.

November 16, 2022
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
The Artemis 1 moon rocket and the Orion spacecraft are sitting poised on Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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  • Space

Watch Live: NASA's Artemis moon rocket counts down to launch

The space agency has been trying for months to send its giant moon rocket on its first test flight. The goal is to send a crew capsule, with no astronauts on board, around the moon and back.

November 16, 2022
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A total lunar eclipse graces the night skies during the first blood moon of the year, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, May 15, 2022.

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  • Space

A total lunar eclipse happened Tuesday — and it won't happen again for 3 years

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the moon fell completely into Earth's shadow and turned a shade of red — either an astronomical delight or Election Day omen, depending on who you ask.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday before the planned launch was scrubbed due to fuel leaks.

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  • Space

NASA won't try to launch the Artemis 1 moon mission again for at least a few weeks

A recurring leak of liquid hydrogen fuel forced NASA on Saturday to postpone a scheduled launch for the second time this week. The earliest possible launch date is Sept. 19.

September 03, 2022
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce and
  • Joe Hernandez
Istanbul, Turkey: The Sturgeon full moon rises next to Istanbul's Camlica Mosque.

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  • Space

The last supermoon of the year lights up the night sky all over the world

The Sturgeon Moon became visible Thursday night, appearing bigger and brighter than usual because of its proximity to Earth.

August 12, 2022
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By:
  • Shauneen Miranda
Researchers found that lunar pits and caves reach stable temperatures, making them potentially suitable for human life.

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  • Space

Parts of the moon have stable temperatures fit for humans, researchers find

Researchers discovered that lunar pits and caves could provide stable temperatures around 63 degrees Fahrenheit, leading to new possibilities for experiments and life there.

August 01, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
A full moon rises behind the high voltage towers of the El Avila in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 15. People in the Americas, Europe and Africa had a chance to see the total lunar eclipse that began Sunday night.

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  • Space

Did you see the Super Flower Blood Moon last night? It was stunning

South America and much of the continental United States had the best view of Sunday night's lunar eclipse, which lasted nearly five hours.

May 16, 2022
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  • Ashley Westerman
Researchers Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul.

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  • Space

Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the moon

The study makes use of lunar soil samples collected from Apollo 11, 12 and 17.

May 14, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
In 2021, a partial solar eclipse is visible in Lewes, Del. This Saturday, people in the Southern Hemisphere will get a chance to glimpse the phenomenon.

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  • Space

A partial solar eclipse is happening soon. Here's who will be able to see it

During a partial solar eclipse, the moon is not perfectly aligned with the Earth and sun, so it will not completely cover the sun.

April 29, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A probe that will land on Saturn's moon Enceladus, seen here in false color, is one of the priorities outlined in the new report.

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  • Space

NASA advisers call for a visit to Uranus, plus more science during moon landings

NASA should send probes to the ice giant planet of Uranus and to a moon of Saturn where conditions could be right for life. Those are some of the recommendations in a new report to the space agency.

April 19, 2022
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
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