Scientists hope to determine how water is stored on the moon, particularly in permanently shadowed regions, which could be valuable for future lunar missions. The research will provide insights ...

Dust and rocks residing on the surface of the moon take a beating in space. Without a protective magnetosphere and atmosphere ...

Athena’s ambitious mission focuses on the abundance of water ice and other resources near the moon’s south pole ... outfitted with a Laser Retro-Reflector Array (LRA) — eight mirrors affixed to the ...

Scientists are pretty sure there is water on the moon, they just don't know exactly where. Two probes are heading to the moon to begin to answer that question. When is this happening? They'll ...

NASA Launches Satellite on Mission to Detect Water on the Moon By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space from Florida on Wednesday to identify where ...

This aims to map sources of water on the moon to shed light on the lunar water cycle and to guide future robotic and human missions. Once in orbit, the spacecraft—weighing 200kg and about the ...

Higher latitudes on the moon with slopes facing the poles "are not only scientifically interesting but also pose less ...

Designed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the devices are made up of a collection of mirrors that are used ... of the different forms of water on the moon's surface. Discoveries made during ...

The company's Athena lander is scheduled to launch toward the moon atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday evening (Feb. 26).