Fifty years ago, Luna 10 – an unmanned Soviet Union spacecraft – became the first spacecraft to ever successfully orbit around another celestial body. Launched from Tyuratam, USSR on March 31, 1966, ...
Next subway stop, the moon. If we’re going to build roads and buildings on the moon, how about a system for hauling people and goods – an infrastructure of trains and tracks, an actual railroad. The ...
Have you ever stared at the Moon, wondering about the mysteries and secrets that it possesses? Being a natural satellite of the Earth, the Moon has fascinated humankind from time immemorial. While we ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has been selected by the Defense ...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to help develop "a burgeoning cislunar and lunar economy," including communications and data storage on the Moon. The agency has been ...
TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GITAI USA Inc. (GITAI), the world’s leading space robotics startup, is pleased to announce its selection to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) ...
On March 31, 1966, Luna 10 was launched from the Soviet Baikonur Cosmodrome to the Moon at 10:48:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and, on April 3, 1966, it entered the Moon's orbit at 18:44 UTC. It ...