NASA introduces its newest astronauts

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars.

Nasa’s Moon mission could be ‘years late’ due to issues with Elon Musk’s Starship

“The HLS schedule is significantly challenged and, in our estimation, could be years late for a 2027 Artemis 3 Moon landing,” said panelist Paul Hill, who is a former director of Mission Operations at Nasa. “The next six months of Starship launches will be telling about the likelihood of HLS flying crew in 2027 or by the end of the decade.”

NASA resurrects its VIPER moon rover for a 2027 mission with Blue Origin

NASA is apparently giving its ice-scouting moon rover mission another try. The space agency has announced that the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project — which was called off last year after a series of delays and mounting costs — could catch a ride to the moon with Blue Origin in 2027 under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.

2 Purdue grads, including Indiana native, selected for NASA's latest astronaut class

The class will undergo nearly two years of training before being eligible for space flight assignments to the International Space Station, Moon and to Mars.

NASA selects Blue Origin to take the once-canceled VIPER rover to the moon

NASA has selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon by awarding Jeff Bezos' company a task order under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

SpaceX Now Causing NASA to Lose Space Race to China, Experts Say

As the New York Times reports, experts are now warning that China could beat the United States in the race back to the Moon. After a series of successful robotic missions to the Earth’s natural satellite, the country has made major strides in its efforts to launch its “Lanyue” lunar lander to the Moon before 2030.

Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon.

The U.S. aims to deliver a reactor to the lunar surface and beat a push by China and Russia to do the same. In August, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy directed the agency to fast-track an effort to land a reactor on the moon by late 2029.

Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on September 19

As of Friday, Sept. 19, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 5% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation. Visibility is low right now, and there's nothing to see without any visual aids. But if you have binoculars or a telescope, you'll be able to see the Grimaldi Basin.
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Not water, but something stranger — NASA announces a historic Solar System find

NASA unveiled a new discovery inside our solar system. We had only seen these big lakes filled with water on Earth - but this time is something else.
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