24 August 2020
NASA receives full-sized lunar lander mock-up from Blue Origin
...”; a vehicle that brings the landing systems into position in lunar orbit. The Transfer Element is based on its Cygnus cargo ...module for NASA's proposed Lunar Gateway which will serve as an exploration outpost for lunar missions. Meanwhile Draper, who...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... have required Bridenstine to notify Congress of the overrun. Lunar Gateway (above) formed a key part of NASA’s return... longer a priority and that Artemis would rely on an integrated lunar lander instead (top). No specifics Nevertheless, in 2019, NASA...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
..., said that approximately 25 percent of the exploration budget will be spent on lunar activities, including subscription for the iHAB and ESPRIT modules for the Lunar Gateway, lunar robotic missions, and the European service module for NASA’s Orion...
01 October 2019
Returning People to the Moon after Apollo
...and 47 years since the last men left the lunar surface to return home. No-one has gone to the Moon since ...the second, the book is sufficiently up-to-date to include discussion of the Lunar Gateway and the plan to return humans to the Moon in 2024. Musk...
24 August 2022
Moon mission's human-rated European Service Module is giant leap for ESA
...Joseph Aschbacher, said the inspirational impact of the Apollo lunar landings was still felt today. “With this mission ... to go back to the Moon and ultimately establish a Lunar Gateway that is 1000 times further out in space than the International...
23 September 2024
Japan in Space: Past, Present and Future
... the partnership on the ISS. This is expected to continue with collaboration in the Artemis lunar programme and the possibility of Japanese astronauts on the Lunar Gateway station. As a final conclusion, the author predicts that “Japan will continue...
