NASA has announced a trio of new scientific experiments it plans to conduct on the Moon as part of its ongoing Artemis program. These payloads will include imager systems to test the temperature of ...

When the next astronaut to reach the moon walks on the lunar surface in 2024, she'll face radiation levels 200 times higher than on Earth. While Apollo mission astronauts carried dosimeters to the ...

scientists have unveiled a revolutionary way to observe Earth’s radiation budget through lunar observations. This method promises to overcome many of the limitations faced by current satellite systems ...

If astronauts on the moon are to avoid harmful radiation, long-term lunar bases will need to be shielded by 2 to 3 metres of regolith – the moon’s surface layer of rock and dust.

A camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured the moon just in frame on December 4, 2022. NASA plans to use Orion as part of a mission to return astronauts to the lunar surface. NASA This article ...

The Chang’e-4 lunar lander touched down on the far side of the Moon on 3 January 2019, with a German instrument for measuring space radiation on board. Since then, the Lunar Lander Neutron and ...