An exclusive interview with the European Space Agency's accomplished astronaut Luca Parmitano, the first Italian to command the International Space Station.
NASA conducted a water deluge test Oct. 24 to evaluate how well its water system will protect its hardware and astronauts during the launch of the round-the-moon Artemis 2 mission in 2024.
A team of Chinese researchers is studying the possibility of building an underground lunar base through the moon’s lava tubes that would be used for China’s future manned moon missions. Revealing the plan: Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology’s Zhang Chongfeng, who was also credited as the vice chief designer of the Shenzhou series spacecraft and moon landers, unveiled the study at the 10th CSA-IAA Conference on Advanced Space Technology held in Shanghai from Sept. 13 to 16.
The moon, once a hotbed of geological activity billions of years ago, now preserves its turbulent past through features such as extinct volcanoes and lava tubes.