During the first step of humankind’s first-ever lunar-Earth flyby, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission captured this stunning view of the Moon.
Moon
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Moon, Status Report
The Length Of A Day On Earth And Its Impact On The Evolution Of Life
The Earth’s rotation has been decelerating throughout its history due to tidal dissipation, but the variation of the rate of this deceleration through time has not been established. We present […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Cryobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Panspermia, Press Release
Securing Earth’s Biodiversity – On The Moon
New research led by scientists at the Smithsonian proposes a plan to safeguard Earth’s imperiled biodiversity by cryogenically preserving biological material on the moon. The moon’s permanently shadowed craters are […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrogeology, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes, Exploration Gear & Tech, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
A Martian Landscape Right At Home
Sitting in the middle of a vast landscape, bordered by a ridge and filled with loose rocks, Lauren Edgar held a hand lens to her eye as she peered at […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Astronauts and Explorers, Away Teams & Field Reports, Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes, Exploration Gear & Tech, Fossils & Paleontology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Status Report, Tricorders & Sensors
ESA Astronaut Away Team Practice With The Artemis HULC camera
NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Wittner testing the NASA Artemis HULC camera during a session of the ESA PANGAEA planetary geological field training in Corona lava tube, Lanzarote, Spain.
Posted inAnalog Studies, Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Status Report
Away Team Droid Tech: Multi-Objective Global Path Planning for Lunar Exploration With a Quadruped Robot
In unstructured environments the best path is not always the shortest, but needs to consider various objectives like energy efficiency, risk of failure or scientific outcome.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Comets and Asteroids, Extinction events, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Impact events, Meteorites & Asteroids, Moon, Origin & Evolution of Life, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Crash Chronicles: Relative Contribution From Comets and Carbonaceous Asteroids to Earth’s Volatile Budget In The Context of an Early Instability
Recent models of solar system formation suggest that a dynamical instability among the giant planets happened within the first 100 Myr after disk dispersal, perhaps before the Moon-forming impact. As […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Analog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Moon, People Of Astrobiology, Status Report, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: Artemis Augmented Reality Away Team Field Test
Editor’s note: Right now NASA is planning the spacesuit and sensor technology needed for astronauts to operate during prolonged AwayTeam sorties to study astrogeology on the lunar surface. While the […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Moon, Status Report
Virtual Lunar Surface Science Workshop 24: Call for Abstracts and Registration Open
The overall goal of this virtual workshop on August 20, 2024 is to bring together scientific and technical professionals to suggest and discuss lunar science priority activities related to physical […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Moon, People Of Astrobiology, Sample Return, Status Report, Tricorders & Sensors
Offworld Away Team Practice For Astronauts
Editor’s note: the procedures, new advanced spacesuits, analytical instruments, imaging and communications gear, and other tools associated with Artemis activities on the lunar surface will directly impact the capabilities that […]