The sale was halted after the space agency claimed it owned everything associated with a 1969 experiment that explored whether lunar soil was dangerous to terrestrial life.
Tag: Space and Astronomy
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South Korea Launches Satellite With Its Own Rocket for the First Time
The launch brings the country closer to its ambition of becoming a player in the space industry, no longer reliant on technology from other countries.
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Arizona Wildfire Destroys Observatory Buildings
The Contreras fire has disrupted the work of astronomers, though the observatory’s scientific equipment remains safe for now.
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A Chinese Telescope Did Not Find an Alien Signal. The Search Continues.
China’s astronomers have been initiated into the search for extraterrestrial intelligence with the kind of false alarm that others in the field have experienced for decades.
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As the Large Hadron Collider Revs Up, Physicists’ Hopes Soar
The particle collider at CERN will soon restart. “There could be a revolution coming,” scientists say.