Preliminary plans for the China and Russia-led International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) include building a nuclear reactor on the moon's surface, a presentation by a Chinese space official on ...

China and Russia's International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) preliminary plans involve constructing a nuclear reactor on the moon's surface, according to a Chinese space official. The base's energy ...

China's timeline to build an outpost on the Moon's south pole coincides with NASA's more ambitious and advanced Artemis programme, which aims to put U.S. astronauts back on the lunar surface in ...

and supply high-precision time signals for lunar surface facilities, reported Global Times. Zhang highlighted that by using three hours of in-orbit inter-satellite measurement data, the team ...

A recent study indicates that water on the lunar surface may come from the solar wind. The results suggest that other airless bodies in the solar system may also have water on their surfaces ...

When a stream of charged particles known as the solar wind smashes into the lunar surface, the idea goes, it triggers a chemical reaction that could make water molecules. Now, in the most ...

NASA officials justified the Lunar Gateway program by highlighting its utility as a staging point or safe haven for astronauts traveling to and from the surface of the Moon. Crews could launch ...

It would trundle across the lunar surface with a drill and a suite of instruments, searching for ice. NASA abruptly canceled the rover in July 2024, citing cost overruns. The VIPER is essentially ...

consistent with many asymmetrical features observed on the lunar surface," Hu said. "This new estimate of the lunar far side mantle's water content marks a significant step forward in refining our ...