Human ashes, drink container to moon? Plans to do this spark legal debate

Reuters 02/07/2024

WASHINGTON — An array of unconventional, privately funded plans to exploit the moon, including as a site for human ashes and sports-drink containers, has gathered steam in recent years as NASA pushes to make Earth’s natural satellite…

‘Moon Sniper’ of Japan attempts historic landing on the moon

Agence France Presse 01/19/2024

Japan’s “Moon Sniper” spacecraft is preparing to make a historic lunar touchdown at midnight on Saturday using pinpoint technology the country hopes will lead to success where many have failed. With its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon…

This footage of astronauts on the moon looks like it was filmed with a smartphone

AFP Relaxnews 10/24/2020

Around three years ago, NASA uploaded most of its film archives to its website and gave viewers free access. The agency put over 140 000 videos and photos in total onto the online platform. Using artificial intelligence,…

SpaceX captures the flag, beating Boeing in cosmic contest

AP 06/02/2020

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The first astronauts launched by SpaceX declared victory Monday in NASA’s cosmic capture-the-flag game. They quickly claimed the prize left behind at the International Space Station nearly a decade ago by the last…

Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies

02/25/2020

Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died. She was…

SpaceX aims to launch up to 4 tourists into super high orbit

02/21/2020

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX aims to launch up to four tourists into a super high orbit, possibly by the end of next year. The private company is working with Space Adventures Inc. for the flight,…

Musk unveils SpaceX rocket designed to get to Mars and back

09/29/2019

BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Texas — Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system and land back on Earth perpendicularly. In…

NASA will fly a drone to Titan to search for life

06/28/2019

WASHINGTON — For its next mission in our solar system, NASA plans to fly a drone copter to Saturn’s largest moon Titan in search of the building blocks of life, the space agency said Thursday. The Dragonfly…

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