24 August 2022
Moon mission's human-rated European Service Module is giant leap for ESA
... spacecraft currently sitting on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida - NASA declared it was all systems go. The Artemis team is targeting launch during its first two-hour launch window opening at 14:33 CEST/ 15:33 BST (8:33 am EDT local...
07 October 2020
UK-based Spacebit secures second mission to the Moon in 2021
... wheeled rover are optimized for assessment of in-situ lunar resources, intended to support lunar exploration under the Artemis Program. "We are very pleased to secure a second mission in 2021 for Spacebit with Intuitive Machines. By having a multi...
03 December 2021
NASA selects three companies to develop commercial space stations
... has been selected to deliver cargo to the ISS, as well as build NASA’s Human Landing System as part of its Artemis Programme, in order to reduce costs. This not only benefits NASA but also brings the technology to market...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
... landed near the Moon’s equator, it is very difficult to see Artemis 3’s landing zone from Earth. Even under the most favourable conditions it ... of Cabeus. During the return to the Moon, Artemis 3 will descend under power towards the Moon’s shadowy...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... critique has it), crews will be ‘stuck in lunar orbit’. Apparently, the airlock is not due to be delivered until the Artemis VI mission on a date still unconfirmed. A 1:10 model of a China manned lunar lander with attached lunar rover and (far...
01 July 2020
How Earth’s protective magnetic bubble can ‘flap’ over the Moon
... wind blows sideways – suggesting the exposure could occur even more commonly than previously thought. As NASA’s Artemis programme prepares to send new science and technology experiments ahead of a human return, it is essential to understand the area...
