23 February 2018
UK to host world’s first commercial deep-space communications station
...own stations, and provide deep-space tracking for the Agency’s missions,” added Bargellini. “Upgrading Goonhilly and building up a commercial capability to support future exploration missions is good for ESA and good for European science and industry...
15 November 2019
First public test of Mars lander for China ahead of 2020 launch
...exception of those launched by NASA. The event at Huailai marked the first public appearance of China's Mars exploration mission, and was attended by a number of officials including Wu Yanhua, vice administrator of China National Space Administration...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
... parts” of the first SLS rocket’s core stage, according to the report. Now the rocket’s first mission, previously known as Exploration Mission 1 and now Artemis 1, will probably slip to March 2021, if not later, representing more than a three...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... further their space ambitions, including cooperative work on the implementation of the CNSA’s "Chang'e 7" lunar polar exploration mission and Roscosmos’ Luna-26 orbiter spacecraft. The two space agencies also committed to previously announced plans...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... of the Moon. Slated to launch sometime around August 2022, South Korea will begin their first Moon exploration mission with the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO). Built in collaboration with NASA, the KPLO is designed to study...
15 October 2018
SETI partners with MeerKAT to search for alien life
...detection technologies to further the search for extraterrestrial life. So far, says the report, NASA’s planetary exploration missions have tended to focus more strongly on geological perspectives, however this should be addressed so that the rapidly...
