01 November 2019
Can Artemis deliver the payload it seeks from the Moon?
... for the containers. Not a huge improvement on the samples returned by Apollo 11 during a single two-hour moonwalk, which totalled 22 kilograms. This minimum amount or “threshold” landers is what landers have to be capable of carrying in order...
22 January 2021
Russia develops instrument to search for precious metals on the Moon and Mars
... lunar rovers, Lunokhod 1 and Lunokhod 2, that were first sent to the Moon in 1970. Lunokhod 1 (which means "Moonwalker 1” in Russian) become the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on an extraterrestrial body when it landed on the lunar...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
... heritage of the Falcon and Dragon vehicles. Starship includes a spacious cabin and two airlocks for astronaut moonwalks. The Starship architecture is intended to evolve to a fully reusable launch and landing system designed for travel to the...
