July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... with the establishment of a lunar outpost at the south lunar pole and, in 2020, a mission to harvest samples from the lunar surface. Moon Express is clear about who they believe will own the samples, stating “the lunar samples brought back to Earth...
17 December 2020
Chang'e 5 probe returns to Earth with Moon rocks
... and then use a plane to transport it to Beijing where it will be opened for technicians to remove the container holding lunar samples, the administration said. The reentry and landing started around 1:00 am; the capsule then separated from the...
25 August 2021
Russia's Luna-25 mission postponed over 'problems during testing'
... China's Chang'e 3 on 14 December 2013, 37 years later. Luna-24 returned 170.1 g (6.00 oz) of moon samples to the Earth in August 1976, a gram of which was later swapped for a lunar sample from NASA in December the same year. While also equipped with...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
...allow this ‘mutual flourishing’. Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt retrieves lunar samples during his December 1972 mission, his spacesuit dirtied by clinging lunar dust. Lunar trustees In New Zealand, the governance of natural features with legal...
June 2019
Does the speed of light change with time?
...Earth just 1.5 billion years ago. However, studies of lunar samples show conclusively that the Moon has existed separately from ...studying the Moon, she performed experiments with priceless Apollo lunar samples. In her spare time she used the Moon to...
02 December 2014
Roscosmos plans deep space exploration
Russia is planning to recommence its uncrewed lunar sample return activities, ceased since the last lunar lander flown in 1974. Plans include three uncrewed craft – Lunas 25, 26 and 27 – flying in 2023-25. Subsequently, Luna 28 and 29 ...
