Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has announced its intentions to build a low-orbit space station, which, according to the agency, will support future exploration of the moon and Mars. The project proposal is already on its way to be reviewed ...

Dr. Houssam Toutanji, a professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has recently published an article which deals with a concept of creating concrete structures on the lunar surface without the use of water. Since regular concrete requires water, ...

NASA’s recent tests of the lunar rover have taken the vehicle to its limits. Since the moon has such a harsh environment, NASA is taking all the measures possible to make sure the new rover will be prepared, such as ...

The Lunar Rover Initiative – a group of researchers from the Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, has recently developed a moon rover named Scarab. Scarab’s main mission is to investigate polar craters of the moon which might ...

NASA has announced the development of an energy generator for the moon based on nuclear power. The new power system should have sufficient power to service astronauts’ research needs. Although still in its initial stages, several companies are already working ...

Ron Li from Ohio State University has developed navigation software for the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. The navigation system, which could also help future astronauts find their way around the Moon, is not based on satellites; instead, the system ...

A research team from Brown University has found for the first time evidence of water deep within the moon. The researchers believe the water was contained in lunar magmas ejected more than 3 billion years ago. The new discovery strongly ...

The Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Romanian Association is the first team to submit a due date for sending a robot to the moon in the Google Lunar X competition. The flight will be launched within three months and if the team ...

NASA has recently experimented with a new concept for a lunar truck, called the Crew Mobility Chassis. The main feature of the new vehicle is its high mobility resulting from the use of six sets of dual wheels. This arrangement ...

ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) is a robotic vehicle which was developed by a team of companies and academic institutions. The team, led by JPL Robotics, includes NASA’s Johnson and Ames Centers, Stanford University, and Boeing. This six-legged prototype is ...