A SpaceX launch Wednesday night sent both a lander and an orbiter on their way to the moon, both on the hunt for ice.
“Based on the temperature profiles from ChaSTE as ground truth, [we] can model the migration and stability of the water ice for different representative locations on the moon,” says Prasad.
The latest attempt to land on the Moon went at least partially awry on 6 March, when an ice-seeking spacecraft named Athena apparently landed off-kilter near the lunar south pole. The precise ...
With two commercial moon landers already on their way ... permanently shadowed crater in search of ice deposits. Ice would be a critical resource for future astronauts, if it can be extracted ...
It is the second time an Intuitive Machines spacecraft has landed in an irregular position on the Moon. The company is partnering with US space agency Nasa to look for evidence of water and ice on ...
In a new study, researchers from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad have found that the area of the moon where water ice can be easily accessed is greater than expected.
and is headed for the moon's south pole with a payload of gear intended to drill into the lunar regolith in search of highly valued water ice. Such ice holds promise for future crews in its ...