«Mickey 17», «Moon» and other fantastic movies about clones
The release of the sci-fi satire «Miki 17» by the director of the cult «Parasite», Bong Joon Ho, has once again drawn the audience’s attention to the topic of cloning and the range of ethical and philosophical issues that this controversial concept poses to humanity. Can clones be considered individuals and full-fledged citizens? Is it…
Blue Ghost shows lunar eclipse from the Moon — Earth blocks the Sun
The lander of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar vehicle showed the lunar eclipse in all its glory. Although on the Moon, it is a solar eclipse.
Upside down: the Athena module landed on the Moon, but not without problems
Intuitive Machines’ second monthly module with Houston’s Athena spacecraft overturned while landing on the surface of the Earth’s satellite.
«The best footage since Apollo»: NASA shows video of historic Blue Ghost landing on the moon
The Blue Ghost lander of the Texas-based Firefly Aerospace sent a video of a soft landing on the Moon on March 2.
NASA will use Drone.UA robots to prepare for lunar exploration — the manufacturer was spotted at CES-2025
The other day, the head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation announced that Ukraine’s Drone.UA had delivered a batch of ground robots to NASA, and now Forbes Ukraine revealed some details of the cooperation.
«Moon dust on your boots»: NASA’s Blue Ghost landed on the Moon and took the first photos of the surface
For the second time in history, a private mission delivered cargo to the Moon — the Blue Ghost spacecraft made an almost perfect landing.
NASA unveils robot named after Grace Hopper that will jump through moon craters
The new jumping robot Grace, named after the legendary Grace Hopper, will look into the darkest corners of the Moon. The drone robot will be sent to the South Pole of the Earth’s satellite as part of a NASA mission to explore a permanently shadowed crater.
NASA has postponed the mission to land humans on the Moon until 2027. What went wrong?
NASA has announced the postponement of the Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 missions, which were set to return humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972.
Earth has a «second Moon» related to the first, — scientists
As Americans joke, the «second moon» of the Earth did not stay for Thanksgiving, but visited the «family» the day before. Scientists have confirmed the correctness of the unofficial name of the asteroid 2024 PT5.
Not less than 3 thousand euros: MES proposes to raise tuition fees at universities
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine is proposing to raise tuition fees at higher education institutions. According to Deputy Minister Mykhailo Vynnytsky, the current tuition fees, especially at private universities, do not allow for high quality education.
NASA wants to create Morrowind on Mars — housing will be built from mushrooms
NASA is considering the possibility of growing housing from mushrooms on the Moon and Mars. The agency has signed a $2 million contract with researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center to study «mycotecture».
The first video of the Moon and Earth flyby made by JUICE on the way to Jupiter
The Jupiter-bound JUICE probe «has shared footage of its flyby of the Moon and Earth with scientists European Space Agency (ESA) I made a minute and a half video out of them.
The Moon was once covered by an ocean of magma: new data confirm the theory
New data obtained by the Indian mission «Chandrayaan-3» confirms the theory of the Moon’s turbulent past.
Boeing delays the moon landing: «unskilled workers and low quality»
According to a new report by the space agency’s inspector general, NASA’s program to develop a new upper stage for the Space Launch System rocket is seven years behind schedule and significantly over budget. In addition to the main conclusion, the report contains interesting information about the project’s main contractor, Boeing,…
«King will die, nation will fall»: scientists decipher ancient Babylonian texts predicting potential disasters
Did everyone think of the same country?
The Moon probably had many small «siblings» orbiting the Earth in the distant past
Scientists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, have hypothesized that in the early periods of the Earth-Moon system’s existence, it could have had small companions in polar orbits.
100-meter tower on the Moon will provide astronauts with energy, communication and light
Honeybee Robotics has developed a unique multifunctional tower that can provide astronauts with light, power, and communication during missions to the moon.
There will be no mass extinction: a bank with genetic material from the Earth is to be created on the Moon
The idea is to use the naturally cold areas of the Moon to preserve the genetic material of threatened species.
Where are you going, Moon? A natural satellite is running away from the Earth «and it’s not affecting us in the best way
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that the Moon is gradually moving away from the Earth, which leads to a slow increase in the length of the Earth’s day.
Polar ice melting slows down the Earth’s rotation: what does it mean?
A new study has revealed an unexpected consequence of global warming: the day on our planet is getting longer due to the melting of the polar ice. Scientists from NASA and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) published their findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
A 100-meter cave found on the Moon that could be a home for people
A group of researchers has for the first time recorded the presence of a huge cave on the Moon. With a depth of at least 100 meters, it could be an ideal place to create a permanent base for humanity on the Earth’s satellite.
It almost hit us: 150-meter asteroid flies between Earth and Moon
Recently, the asteroid 2024 MK, which passed by our planet at the end of June, has undergone significant changes in its orbit. New NASA images confirm that the close approach to Earth has significantly affected the trajectory of this space object.
Time passes faster on the Moon: scientists reveal the exact difference
In the new research scientists have accurately calculated how much faster time passes on the Moon compared to the Earth and the barycenter of the solar system. This information is important for future expeditions.
China’s «Chanye-6» delivers first soil samples from the back of the Moon to Earth
The «Chanye-6» spacecraft successfully landed in Inner Mongolia, delivering the first-ever soil and rock samples from the back of the Moon to Earth.
NASA astronaut William Anders, who took the photo «Earthrise» from the moon’s orbit in 1968, died in a plane crash
William Anders, an astronaut on the NASA «Apollo 8» mission in 1968, who took the iconic photograph «Earthrise», died in a plane crash. He was 90 years old.
China has landed» on the back of the Moon for the second time with the Chanye-6» spacecraft
China is currently the only country to land its spacecraft on the back of the Moon (the previous one «Chang’e-4» back in 2019).
Forget about Earth — NASA plans to launch a robotic muggle on the Moon in the 2030s
A maglev or magnetoplane is a train on a magnetic suspension that is driven and controlled by magnetic forces. And despite the fact that the technology is still is not sufficiently developed on Earth the US space agency plans to launch this miracle railroad on the Moon in the next decade.
China shows a project of a space base on the Moon — for some reason, the NASA shuttle, decommissioned in 2011, was there
The video by the Chinese National Space Administration details a large lunar outpost, but interestingly, it contains CGI of a NASA space shuttle taking off from the lunar surface.
Nokia to launch LTE on the Moon in 2024… «It’s already happened»
Space.com reports that Nokia is developing an LTE/4G communication system for the Moon. Its first part may be launched as early as the end of this year. The hardware for a simplified version of the network is to be launched later this year as part of the IM-2 Intuitive Machine mission, which is to land at the south pole of the Moon.
NASA has selected three companies to build a «lunar vehicle» for astronauts of Artemis missions
Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab will participate in the NASA competition for the development of a vehicle which will be able to travel on the Moon — an order with a potential value of $4.6 billion for the next 13 years.
The White House has instructed NASA to create a «new time zone» for the Moon by 2026
Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) will establish an official time to help guide future lunar missions.
Space startup Interlune plans to produce helium-3 on the Moon by 2030
Among the founders of the company are former employees of Blue Origin and an astronaut of the Apollo 17 mission.
The Odysseus mission will soon run out of power, and Japan’s first lunar module suddenly «woke up» after a two-week night
Last week, the Intuitive Machine’s Odysseus spacecraft finally landed on the moon, although the mission was not without its challenges — the team reported on problems with the switch, who was supposed to activate the lasers for a safe landing.
The Odysseus mission on the Moon almost crashed, due to a switched off switch — saved by luck and skill
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus spacecraft experienced difficulties and was nearly lost due to a human error — a switch not turned off before launch. The mistake disabled lasers designed to guide the spacecraft to a level, safe landing point, according to Intuitive Machines co-founder and CEO Steve Altemus.
Odysseus has managed to land on the Moon. It is the first American in 50 years and the first private vehicle on the Earth’s natural satellite
The Odysseus spacecraft of the Houston-based private company Intuitive Machines has successfully landed on the lunar surface. This is the first time a private company’s spacecraft has landed on Earth’s natural satellite, and it is the first U.S.-made vehicle to reach the Moon since the Apollo missions.
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