Oxygen on Moon Surface: Australian Space Agency, NASA Partner to Collect Lunar Rocks That Will Keep Billions Alive for 100,00 Years

Medicine & Technology Nov 11, 2021

The Australian Space Agency signed a deal with NASA that will send an Australian-developed rover to the Moon under the Artemis program, aiming to collect lunar rocks that could eventually offer breathable oxygen on the Moon.

Chang'e 5 Lifted Off the Moon Carrying Lunar Dust and Boulders

Dec 04, 2020

The Chinese moon probe is expected to land in Inner Mongolia in less than two weeks. It has collected 2kg (4.4lb) of samples from the lunar surface.

China’s Chang’e 5 Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit

Nov 30, 2020

Several days after taking off on what's described as a "heavy-lift" Long March 5 rocket, the Chang'e 5 sample return spacecraft of China entered orbit around the moon.

China Launches Chang'e 5 to Collect Lunar Rocks

Nov 24, 2020

Chang’e-5 spacecraft’s bounty may bring great scientific value. Four decades have passed since Earth had lunar samples.

New Lunar Samples Could "Rewrite the History of the Moon"

Nov 06, 2020

China's Chang'e missions aims to overcome numerous obstacles to collect samples from the far side of the Moon.