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Lunar Ice Might Be Easier to Reach Than We Thought

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 11 April 202511 April 2025

An instrument aboard the Vikram lander suggests that buried water ice could be found at higher latitudes, making it more abundant and easier to extract than previously believed.

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Posted inResearch & Developments

NASA Abandons Pledge to Put Women, Astronauts of Color on the Moon

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 24 March 20255 May 2025

NASA has dropped its commitment to land the first woman, the first person of color, and the first non-American astronaut on the Moon through the Artemis program.

A gif of images from Mars that show distant mountains gradually being blocked from view by blowing red dust
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Martian Dust Will Be a Health Hazard for Astronauts

by Rebecca Dzombak 14 March 202514 March 2025

Prolonged exposure to the Red Planet’s regolith, which contains carcinogens and toxic metals, could pose respiratory threats and increase chronic disease risk.

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Posted inEditors' Highlights

New Moonquakes from Old Data

by Laurent G. J. Montési 5 August 202414 August 2024

Almost 50 years after they were turned off, the Apollo seismometers still have secrets to reveal.

Six Black astronauts in blue or black flight suits and flight jackets sit on a stage.
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Black Space Week Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 20 June 202420 June 2024

The annual event has grown from a viral hashtag to a global uplifting of Black experiences with space.

2017 NASA astronaut candidates and their field instructors hike as a team. at Meteor Crater in Arizona.
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The Art of Doing Fieldwork on the Moon

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 23 May 202412 August 2024

How ­early-career planetary scientists are preparing to support the astronauts who will return to the lunar surface and beyond.

A side view image of topography near the Moon’s south pole
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Mapping the Moon to Shield Astronauts from Radiation

by Sierra Bouchér 4 January 20244 January 2024

Scientists are charting landing spots that offer future lunar astronauts protection from the Sun and deep space.

A view of the lower body of an astronaut carrying tongs and walking on the surface of the Moon
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Here’s How Artemis Astronauts Will Navigate on the Moon

by Saima May Sidik 30 November 202321 March 2024

The next wave of lunar explorers is headed to terrain that promises to be both stunning and challenging. Here’s how they’ll cope with some of the difficulties they’ll encounter.

Sian Proctor stands in her astronaut gear shortly after Crew Dragon’s splashdown
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Sian Proctor: Community College Professor Goes to Space

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 25 July 2022

An Arizona educator finds she has the SpaceX factor to become an astronaut.

Photo of NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins.
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JGR: Planets Author Aboard the International Space Station

by Jessica Watkins, A. Deanne Rogers and John Grotzinger 7 July 20223 January 2023

NASA Astronaut and planetary geologist Dr. Jessica Watkins recently published her post-doctoral Mars research in JGR: Planets, just prior to heading to the International Space Station.

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