lunar far side
Wireless Power Transmission Could Enable Exploration of the Far Side of the Moon
How can future lunar exploration communicate from the far side of the Moon despite never being inline with the Earth?…
China’s Rover Finds That Regolith on the Moon’s far-Side is Stickier Than the Near-Side
We’re never able to see the far side of the moon from the Earth, but that doesn’t mean it's that…
NASA is Considering a Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
The University of Colorado Boulder and Lunar Resources Inc. have just won NASA funding to study the possibility of building…
That Strange Gel-Like Material Discovered by China’s Lunar Rover? It’s Just Rock
In January 2019, China landed its Chang'e 4 mission on the Moon's far side. The Yutu-2 rover got busy exploring…
Do We Now Understand Why the Moon’s Near and Far Sides Look So Dramatically Different?
The Moon is easily the most well-studied object in the Solar System, (other than Earth, of course.) But it still…
China’s Lunar Rover Wakes Up and Gets to Work for its 3rd Lunar Day
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released some new photos and updated the world on their lunar rover mission.…
China Plans Lunar Far Side Landing by 2020
China plans lunar far side landing with hardware similar to Chang'e-3 lander This time-lapse color panorama from China’s Chang’e-3 lander…