01 March 2021
Turkey to build a rocket launch site in Somalia to support Moon 2023 landing
... space technology firm. “We expect Delta V to develop engines that will make our own firing in space on our Moon mission,” said Turkey’s Industry and Technology minister Mustafa Varank during a visit to the company’s facilities last week...
17 February 2021
NASA forecasts cost of Artemis programme at $86 billion
...the space agency’s Artemis programme to land astronauts on the moon. According to the infographic, the total projected cost through fiscal... dollars more than requested for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Congress have only provided $850 million...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... final test in the Green Run series represents a major milestone for this nation’s return to the Moon and eventual mission to Mars,” said Stennis Center Director Richard Gilbrech. “So many people across the agency and the...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
... is $2.89 billion. "With this award, NASA and our partners will complete the first crewed demonstration mission to the surface of the Moon in the 21st century as the agency takes a step forward for women’s equality and long...
12 December 2017
Trump signs Space Policy Directive 1
.... Perhaps poignantly, the signing of the directive was timed to coincide with the Apollo 17 mission – the last mission when humans walked on the Moon. “Exactly 45 years ago, almost to the minute, Jack [Schmidt] became one of the last...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... has so far left it grounded. Initially set for blast off in October this year, the country’s first mission to the Moon’s surface in 45 years was postponed until May 2022 at the earliest due to "problems" encountered with the...
