10 December 2018
First far side of the Moon mission underway
... lifted off on 8 December at 18:23 GMT/2:23 a.m. local China time. Chang’e 4 is comprised of a static lander and a 140 kilogram, six-.... The nation has two more missions lined up, Chang’e 5 and Chang’e 6, that will focus on collecting lunar samples...
23 November 2020
China's lunar sample return mission to launch tonight
... am (local time). The sixth mission in the Chang'e program, China’s 8.2-metric ton Chang'e 5 has four components; an orbiter, lander, ascender... before it enters Earth’s atmosphere, say the agency. Chang'e 5 is without doubt, one of the most difficult...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
...to save the Earth, we should explore another logical project that would provide a way to cope with climate change. Creating a radiation shield at L1 to modulate solar radiation so that x-rays and ultraviolet radiation could be reduced, would mitigate...
16 January 2019
China grows cotton on the Moon
...at the start of the year, China's Chang'e-4 mission has pioneered the first mini biosphere experiment on the lunar ...surface. The Chang'e-4 probe carried a number of seeds along with cotton, ...
November 2017
Geospatial maritime solutions
...important from economic, environmental and civilian perspectives? The Global Change Institute has assessed the blue economy at a value of...coverage are mandatory to provide the insight to react to changes before it’s too late. Who and what are the main...
24 September 2021
New reactor could turn Mars' atmosphere into rocket fuel
... increased by over 400 percent since 1950. This increase is having a knock-on effect with Earth's climate by causing changes in weather patterns, food supply disruptions, and increased wildfires to name just a few worrying effects. Wu and colleagues...
