October 2016
Project MOONWALK
...valuable asset for Earth-analogue simulations of a wide range of space missions. The Gandolfi-II suit comes, in the terrestrial configuration, close ...environments like Antarctica. MOONWALK shows that the exploration and the exploitation of space is an...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... ESA Ministerial conference in November 2019, where new budgets for European space activities – including lunar exploration missions – will be allocated. Maximum temperatures of Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs) at the Lunar South Pole. Areas never...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
...star system within a generation. To achieve a transit time comparable to current long-term space exploration missions to the outer solar system, the Starshot mission would need to last a few decades at most. This requires a probe to travel about 1000...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... components and materials for the EUS, and build up tooling," he added. NASA is currently on track to launch an uncrewed Exploration Mission (EM) in 2018, however the detailed SLS assessment is a big step forward in being ready for more capable human...
18 June 2018
ESA Council backs Lunar gateway venture
... European contributions to an international Mars Sample Return mission or other sample return missions; and examining scenarios and mission concepts for lunar exploration missions supporting the objectives of the European scientific community...
June 2015
Lunar Mission One: crowdfunding endeavour and drilling on the Moon
... by the extent of that engagement. Like others, I see Government continuing to lead the more risky but pioneering exploration missions. Industry follows when the business cases mature. Going from one to the other will inevitably involve...
