#7 Nasa makes new plans for the Moon (and Europe watches) It is a morning on the moon. Outside: vacuum and minus 170 degrees Celsius. Inside: an astronaut puts on her running shoes, enters a circular room and begins to run. Not…

"Gateway": No! Moon base: Yo! Nasa makes new plans for the #Moon (and Europe watches).

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#6 Quo vadis, SLS? Guess who’s back, back again? The enormous Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has arrived back at Launch Pad 39B of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On April 1st — the…

On April 1st, the SLS is set to head for the Moon. Whether it has a future beyond that is a different question.

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#5 A Giant Leap for China – Where Taikonauts could walk on the Moon Sometime before 2030, a Chinese taikonaut could become the first human in over half a century to set foot on the moon. And a team of scientists led by Jun Huang, a…

Sometime before 2030, a taikonaut could become the first human in over 50 years to walk on the #moon. This week, scientists may have identified where.

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#4 What to make of the “Artemis” reboot? After years of delays, cost overruns, and one successful (but uncrewed) lunar flyby, Nasa is rethinking the layout of its “Artemis” Moon program. That's good news, in…

NASA is replanning its #Artemis #moon program - and the changes are more significant than they appear.

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Artemis 2 and the Helium problem So, NASA wants to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. Exciting stuff, right? Well, not so fast—because the agency has run into a problem…

#Helium AKA the stuff that makes balloons float and your voice sound like a cartoon character delays the #Artemis2 #moon mission at least until March. See my latest Blog post @ #MoonDiaries for more details (and subscribe if you are interested in regular lunar updates): steady.page/de/the-moon-...

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