For decades, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been a sort of trusted sidekick for the much larger NASA. In some respects, that continues to this day, as ESA is backing the Americans' push for the ...
Relive IM-2 mission’s moon landing as it happened. A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The moon is gigantic compared to a lunar lander. Imagine flying in ...
A recent study by researchers at India’s Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) revealed that the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 caused an unexpected drop in the Moon’s nighttime surface temperature. This ...