Despite Luna-25’s Failure, Russia Is Hopeful to Explore Moon’s Resources

Despite Luna-25’s Failure, Russia Is Hopeful to Explore Moon’s Resources

The race to explore and develop the moon‘s resources has begun and Russia must remain a player despite the failure of its first lunar mission in 47 years, the head of Russia’s space agency Roskosmos said on Monday. Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the moon…

NASA Begins Investigating Lunar Surface Samples 50 Years After They Were Brought Home by Apollo 17 Astronauts

NASA Begins Investigating Lunar Surface Samples 50 Years After They Were Brought Home by Apollo 17 Astronauts

Fifty years after NASA received samples of the lunar surface, scientists have begun studying it to prepare for the forthcoming Artemis missions to the Moon’s South Pole. The samples were brought back to Earth by Apollo 17 astronauts in December 1972. Since then, the samples had been kept in a…