Preparing for retirement is often compared to preparing for a long trip — and there is perhaps no longer trip ever prepared for than going to the moon.

Deep space communication systems play a key role in human endeavors for lunar basing, Mars, and further cosmic exploration. In pursuit of establishing the Moon as a deep space Internet portal for ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The lithium hydroxide canister was ...

The Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was a two-stage vehicle designed by Grumman to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back. The upper ascent stage consisted of a pressurized crew ...

This research proposes a lunar surface-based pseudolite architecture to provide passive position, navigation, and timing services in addition to an emergency alert broadcasting capability for regional ...

Man on the moon 50 years later: Luna 15 The space race was still going on between the U.S. and the Soviet Union even as Apollo 11 astronauts were on the lunar surface.

During the Apollo program some modifications were made to the Lunar Module. This diagram shows the configuration for the modules on Apollos 15, 16, 17--the only missions to carry a Lunar Roving ...

Lunar Vertex will be the first mission to carry out a comprehensive study of lunar magnetic anomaly and the associated swirl and mini-magnetosphere.

The Chang’e-6 (CE6) lunar mission returned the first lunar soil samples from the far side of the Moon in June 2024. We analyzed 10 major elements, one minor element, and 31 trace elements in two CE6 ...