Lunar Mission

China's Chang'e-5 mission revealed that the moon's surface oozed lava, some 2 billion years ago. A chemical analysis of the volcanic rocks confirmed that the moon remained volcanically active much more longer than its size would suggest possible. However, scientists did not find any radio active decay which are usually present in volcanism. "Young volcanism on a small body like moon is challenging to explain," said planetary scientist Juliane… read-more

The Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has announced a contest to select eight eligible SpaceX 'Starship' passengers globally for his Dear Moon 2023 mission. Releasing a YouTube video, Maezawa shared the criteria which is to "push its envelope to help other people and greater society in some way" and "willing to support other crew members who share similar aspirations." Moreover, Maezawa clarified that the six-day lunar voyage will be… read-more

NASA will pay Colorado-based Lunar Outpost company a nominal $1 to collect samples from the moon. The decision has been taken after the Lunar Outpost was awarded a contract to collect samples under the low-cost lunar resource collection program held by NASA. With this, NASA aims to allow the companies to practice and extract resources from the moon. Interestingly, NASA has stated that payments will be made in three stages.