NASA moon mission spacesuit nears milestone

The next-generation spacesuit for NASA's Artemis III mission continues to advance by passing a contractor-led technical ...
ZME Science

The First Spacecraft to Survive a Moon Landing Vanished in 1966 and AI May Have Finally Found It

Two rival teams — one using machine learning, the other human eyes — race to find the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.
Hackaday

Forget Waldo. Where’s Luna 9?

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. In 1966, the main spacecraft ejected a 99-kg lander module that used a landing bag to survive impact. The problem is, given the technology ...

China successfully completes low-altitude Long March-10 test, marking major breakthrough in China’s manned lunar exploration program

China on Wednesday successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test for its Long March-10 carrier rocket in the southern island province of Hainan, the China Manned ...
SETI Institute

AI Helps Pinpoint the Moon’s First Soft Landing

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth. The Luna ...

Lost Soviet Moon Lander May Have Been Found

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

ISRO identifies site for Chandrayaan-4 lander

ISRO has selected a suitable site in the Moon's South Polar region for the upcoming Chandrayaan-4 lunar mission.
IEEE

A Physics-Guided Diffusion Unmixing Model for Global Lunar Mineral Abundance Mapping

Abstract: Accurate global mapping of lunar regolith minerals is critical for understanding the geological evolution and resource potential of the Moon. However, spectral unmixing algorithms originally ...