What’s the latest on lunar research? NASA's Electrodynamic Dust... Shield, developed by teams at Kennedy, successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dirt, from various surfaces on the Moon:show more

The Moon in a box 🌑 NASA's Lunar Lab... and Regolith Testbeds is a simulated lunar environment. It features large boxes filled with simulated lunar dust, along with custom lighting and terrain features that create realistic conditions to test science instruments, robots, and rover designs for future Moon missions. Lear more about his facility:show more

China on Thursday announced that it has successfully completed... a comprehensive test for the landing and take off of its manned lunar lander "Lanyue" at a test site in Huailai County in the northern Chinese province of Hebei. The "Lanyue" lunar lander is a newly developed extraterrestrial manned descent and ascent vehicle for China's first manned lunar exploration mission, which is primarily designed for transporting astronauts between lunar orbit and the lunar surface. The lander can carry two astronauts on round trips and is equipped to transport a lunar rover and scientific payloads, supporting astronauts in conducting surface activities and extended stays on the moon.show more

From the Moon, a lunar eclipse looks like a... total solar eclipse, but it lasts a LOT longer. For NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, that means the team has to plan carefully for the 4 hours that the spacecraft — and its solar panels — will be in the dark and the cold. 🌑🛰 1/3show more

China's lunar spacesuit is all set! Next up: #Taikonauts... are set to land on the #Moon by 2030. 🌕show more

Core Stage for Artemis II is on the roll... from the Michoud Assembly Facility . Next stop…. NASA's Kennedy Space Center and then on to the Moon!!show more

Two days ago Elon said SpaceX is building a... "self-growing city on the Moon" in under 10 years. Most people don't realize how close the engineering already is. Using the xAI API (Grok) I compiled every peer-reviewed study, mission result, and hardware spec into one document. Here's what the data actually says. The math: Elon Musk's core argument: "We can launch to the Moon every 10 days a 2-day trip. Mars is every 26 months a 6-month trip. We can iterate much faster." Starship lands ~100 metric tons per flight. At 10-20 lunar flights/year, that's 1,000-2,000 tonnes of infrastructure annually. That's enough to build a city. Construction: We already know how to build with lunar dirt. 9 validated sintering methods turn raw regolith into structural material ranging from 26 to 207 MPa compressive strength. For reference: under 1/6 g, lunar structures need a fraction of what terrestrial buildings require. China flew 34 regolith bricks on Tiangong for a full year. Returned November 2025. No cracks or structural damage. 3x standard brick strength. Power: The 14-day lunar night is the hardest engineering problem on the Moon. NASA and DOE signed an MOU in January 2026 for a nuclear reactor on the surface by 2030. The Phase 1 demo spec was 40 kW. The Phase 2 solicitation issued December 2025 calls for at least 100 kW. Both targets: under 6 tonnes, 10-year life, zero crew intervention, autonomous startup. A rover drives it to a safe distance, unreels a cable, and walks away. One of those powers a small city through every lunar night. ISRU: The Moon is 40-45% oxygen by weight. It's locked in the rock, but we know how to get it out. Molten regolith electrolysis: ~6,800 kg of hardware produces 25 t/yr of metal + 24 t/yr of oxygen. Mass payback ratio: 0.14 kg of equipment per kg of annual product. That's an industrial plant. Dust: Lunar dust is electrostatically charged, razor-sharp, and gets into everything. Apollo crews called it the worst operational hazard on the Moon. In March 2025, NASA's Electrodynamic Dust Shield was tested on the actual lunar surface during the Blue Ghost mission. Before-and-after images show regolith visibly cleared from glass and radiators. First in-situ dust removal ever demonstrated on the Moon. Most people missed this entirely. Lava tubes: The best real estate on the Moon is underground. GRAIL gravity data suggests lava tubes up to several kilometers wide may exist beneath the lunar maria. The first cave was directly confirmed by radar analysis published in 2024: the Mare Tranquillitatis pit, at least 45 meters wide with a conduit extending tens of meters further. Interior temperatures in shadowed lunar caves range from -20C to as warm as 17C, stable year-round. Zero radiation, zero micrometeorites, zero thermal cycling. A pressurized lava tube habitat doesn't need regolith shielding, doesn't need thermal control, and has virtually unlimited expansion volume. Timeline: Elon Musk said "less than 10 years." Here's what that looks like with the hardware that exists today: 2026-2028: Robotic cargo flights. 5-10 Starships pre-position 500-1,000 tonnes. Nuclear reactor. ISRU pilot plant. All before crew arrives. 2028-2029: First crew lands to a turnkey site. Monthly cargo flights continue. 20-40 people. 2030-2032: 100-200 residents. Industrial oxygen and metal production. 3D-printed campus. Propellant production begins. 2033-2035: 200-500+ people. Propellant self-sufficiency. Lava tube outpost. A functioning city. Geopolitics: China's ILRS is in active construction phase. Joint Russia-China nuclear power station planned for 2033-2035. Chang'e-7 launches this year with a PSR hopper. A Trump executive order in December called for a permanent lunar outpost by 2030. NASA Administrator Isaacman is accelerating commercial partnerships. The south pole is a strategic race, and SpaceX just entered it as a city-builder. Close: A year ago Elon Musk called the Moon "a distraction." Now it's the overriding priority. What changed isn't the destination. It's the realization that Starship's 100-tonne payload class, combined with ISRU and nuclear power, makes a self-sustaining lunar city achievable this decade, not next. The full technical reference (47 sources, 14 sections) is linked in the comment below. It's the most comprehensive single document that you will find on what it actually takes to build a permanent settlement on the Moon.show more

Explore a new launch. The latest edition of the... Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8 is once again crafted from black ceramic, with a skeletonised dial that reveals a mysterious lunar landscape on the Calibre 3869. #OMEGA #Speedmastershow more

From the Moon to Times Square, the future of... lunar mobility just hit Nasdaq! Incredible to see our Pegasus Lunar Terrain Vehicle, Artemis Astronauts' new ride, on the big screen. Huge shoutout to Space Capital, one of our earliest supporters, and Nasdaq for making it happen. #Nasdaq #TheNextLeap #LunarOutpost #DrivingArtemis #SpaceTech #Innovationshow more

Artemis II Glides Past the Moon A stunning view... from deep space shows Orion — the spacecraft of NASA’s Artemis II mission — gracefully sailing near the cratered lunar surface. The ancient, rugged Moon fills the frame as humanity’s first crewed voyage beyond low-Earth orbit in over 50 years unfolds in real time.This historic flight carried four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — on a daring loop around the Moon, pushing farther into space than any humans since the Apollo era. The mission successfully tested Orion’s systems for future lunar landings and beyond.The breathtaking contrast between cutting-edge human technology and the timeless, airless beauty of the lunar landscape captures the spirit of exploration: bold curiosity, technical mastery, and our enduring drive to reach new frontiers. Note: This is a creative or illustrative depiction of the scene. Actual mission imagery from Artemis II shows spectacular views of both the near and far side of the Moon captured by the crew.show more

A humanoid robot took on the challenge of bamboo... pole dancing in south China's Guangxi, to welcome the "Sanyuesan," a traditional festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month by various ethnic groups in China, which falls on April 19 this year. #SanyuesanFestival #robot #BambooPoleDanceshow more

Let TVAC testing begin! Our FLIP rover hit an... important milestone today on its path to the lunar surface. Our Moon-bound rover rolled into thermal vacuum chamber testing at Element Materials Technology's facility in Los Angeles. For the next two weeks, the rover will undergo tests in a variety of temperatures, ensuring hardware is ready for the conditions that await on the Moon.show more

A humanoid robot joined children in taking on the... challenge of bamboo pole dancing in south China's Guangxi to welcome "Sanyuesan," a traditional festival celebrated by various ethnic groups in China on the third day of the third lunar month, which fell on April 19 this year.show more

Apollo 11 entered lunar orbit on July 19, 1969... After a 76-hour journey from Earth, the spacecraft carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin executed a lunar orbit insertion burn to be captured by the Moon's gravity, setting the stage for the historic landing the following day. Credit: Apollo Flight Journalshow more

It is rightly said even the Sky is not... the limit when there are footprints on the Moon 🔥🌙 Congratulations to all of us as #Chandrayaan3 Vikram Lander successfully separates from spacecraft and is on its way to the moon 💯🇮🇳 #VikramLander #MoonMission #Chandrayaan3Mission ISROshow more

🚨 This isn't science fiction - it's a real... scientific paper that's now making headlines around the world. Researchers from Ukraine's Main Astronomical Observatory have published a controversial, non-peer-reviewed study based on 2025 high-speed lunar observations, claiming they detected more than 20 unidentified objects moving near and across the Moon. The paper has sparked global debate, although its conclusions have not been independently verified. According to the researchers, some of these objects: 🌑 Were almost perfectly camouflaged against the lunar surface. 📏 Could be up to approximately 40 km across (depending on assumed reflectivity). ⚡ Were estimated to be travelling at around 20 km/s (72,000 km/h). 🛸 Showed unusual movement and brightness characteristics unlike typical satellites or known lunar phenomena. Now consider everything else happening... 🌕 Artemis is taking humanity back to the Moon. 🏗️ Multiple nations are planning permanent lunar bases. 🛰️ The U.S. Space Force is expanding its focus into cislunar space. 🚀 Today, a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impacted the Moon, providing scientists with a rare opportunity to study an artificial lunar impact. At the same time, public interest in UAPs is reaching levels we've never seen before. 📂 Congressional hearings have put the subject firmly into the mainstream. ⚖️ Former military and intelligence officials have testified publicly. 📜 More government UAP records have been released. 🔓 There is increasing political pressure for greater transparency and stronger whistleblower protections surrounding UAP programs. Coincidence? Maybe. But it's worth asking... If there were unknown intelligences observing the Moon... Why is humanity suddenly accelerating its return? Why the renewed urgency to establish a permanent presence there? And if something really is there... would a large artificial impact on the Moon simply be ignored, or could it be interpreted as the arrival of an increasingly capable technological civilisation? Or possibly a threat?! Questions aren't evidence. But asking questions is how science begins. What do you think? #UAP #UFO #Moon #Artemis #NASA #SpaceX #SpaceForce #Disclosure #Astronomy #LunarBase #ufox #aliensshow more