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Moon

Bezos and Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin propose ‘Amazon-like’ delivery to the moon in 2020

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has reportedly proposed sending a robotic lander to the moon’s south polar… Read More

Image: Crew Dragon

SpaceX reveals plan to send two private citizens around the moon in 2018

SpaceX says it’s making plans to send two private citizens around the moon late next year – using its yet-to-be-flown Falcon… Read More

Orion design

NASA looks into sending astronauts on a trip beyond the moon as early as 2019

NASA and its commercial partners say they’re studying the possibility of sending astronauts beyond the moon years earlier than planned, by… Read More

Google Lunar X Prize clears five teams for moon race and pays out $1 million

The organizers of the Google Lunar X Prize competition confirmed that five teams have been cleared to go after the… Read More

Gene Cernan

Last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan, leaves behind a dying wish

Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan, the last human to leave footprints on the moon, passed away today – but his family says… Read More

Moon Express selfie

Moon Express reportedly has the money for moonshot – but launch is up in the air

An executive at Moon Express has been widely quoted as saying his company has reached its funding goal for this year’s… Read More

China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft

China lays out plans to put probe on moon’s far side in 2018 – and on Mars in 2020

China’s latest white paper on space exploration confirms the country’s plans to send a rover to the moon’s far side in… Read More

XPRIZE clears Japan’s Team Hakuto for moon mission with India’s Team Indus

The rocketeers on Japan’s Team Hakuto say they’ve gotten the Google Lunar XPRIZE’s seal of approval on its plans for… Read More

PTScientists lunar spacecraft

Germany’s PTScientists team up with Seattle’s Spaceflight for moon mission

A German team that’s going after the Google Lunar XPRIZE has secured a contract with Seattle-based Spaceflight to get its rover-carrying lander to the… Read More

Buzz Aldrin re supermoon

You’ll get a howl out of this: Supermoon turns Buzz Aldrin into American Werewolf

This week’s supermoon has been pretty much clouded out in Seattle, but it appears to have had an effect on… Read More

This supermoon will be extra-super

The full moon is looking bigger and brighter this week than it’s looked since 1948 – and although you may not… Read More

Moon Express MX-1 lander

NASA puts out call for lunar experiments, and Moon Express says it’ll help pay

NASA wants suggestions for experiments that can be sent to the moon on commercial spacecraft – and Moon Express, one of the… Read More

Moon Village

A virtual marketplace for a future Moon Village? The FAA just might make it happen

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – If the world wants to create a village on the moon, the Federal Aviation Administration is willing to… Read More

Moon balloon

Witness the gravity of this situation: Giant moon balloon rolls over cars, people in Chinese city

Putting a man on the moon is so 1969. In China, in 2016, it’s all about putting a moon on… Read More

Moon Express MX-1 lander

Moon Express wins a green light from U.S. government for its lunar mission

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Moon Express says it has received preliminary clearance for the robotic lander that it plans to send… Read More

Buzz Aldrin on the moon

Apollo 11 anniversary adds to the appetite for space artifacts – and moon visions

Forty-seven years ago this week, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission put humans on the moon for the first time – and although we don’t currently… Read More

Moon Express selfie

White House works out a process to clear commercial missions to moon and Mars

After months of discussion, federal agencies are closing in on a process to approve commercial missions to other celestial bodies… Read More

Moon Village

Moon Village vs. Journey to Mars: Which space vision will the next president pick?

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Over the past eight years, the focus of NASA’s space vision has shifted from the moon,… Read More

Moon Express MX-1

Moon Express asks FAA to review its plans for Google Lunar X Prize landing in 2017

Moon Express, the lunar exploration venture backed by Seattle tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, says it’s asking the Federal Aviation Administration… Read More

Moon stamp

Moon stamps make a full-moon debut

Now you can moon your mail carrier … not in the scatological sense, but in the philatelic sense. To celebrate… Read More

Apollo 10 crew

Apollo 10’s moon music mystery revisited

Where did the weird, outer-spacey music that Apollo 10’s astronauts heard on the far side of the moon come from?… Read More

Edgar Mitchell

Apollo 14 moonwalker (and UFO seeker) Edgar Mitchell dies at the age of 85

Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has died at the age of 85 after a months-long illness, according to reports that emerged… Read More

Lunar Flashlight

NASA’s giant rocket will carry solar sail, a lunar flashlight and more mini-satellites

NASA says it’ll send 13 miniaturized satellites – including a pop-up solar sail and a “lunar flashlight” – beyond Earth… Read More

TRMM satellite

UW researchers trace a connection between the moon and the rain

When the moon is high in the sky, its gravitational pull warps the atmosphere enough to reduce rainfall ever so… Read More

Moon Express lander

Moon Express wins thumbs-up from XPRIZE for multimillion-dollar lunar launch

Moon Express, the lunar exploration venture co-founded by Seattle entrepreneur Naveen Jain, has gotten the “all systems go” signal for… Read More

Bob Richards with MX-1

Moon Express and Rocket Lab make deal for lunar landings in 2017

Moon Express says it has reserved three lunar lander launches from a startup called Rocket Lab starting in 2017, with… Read More

Seattle lunar eclipse

Supermoon Sunday! How to make the most of the total lunar eclipse

Sunday’s super-sized total lunar eclipse is special for a couple of reasons, but it’s extra-special for places like Seattle, where… Read More

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