.... 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...
...SLS) is due to fly an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon is also highly unlikely to achieve its launch date of 2020 ...is because NASA shifted some planned SLS scope to future missions but did not reduce the program’s cost baseline accordingly....
... the terms of the agreement, the Japanese lunar exploration company will deliver the Emirates Lunar Mission’s ‘Rashid’ rover to the Moon, provide wired communication and power during the cruise phase, and engage in wireless communication...
... its lander to the lunar surface by the end of the year. This would be the first-ever Israeli Moon mission and only the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to put a craft on the surface of the...
..., to become only the fourth nation in the world to land a spacecraft on the Moon, if the country succeeds in its objective. But also because this Moon mission is being led by two women - Muthaya Vanitha, the project director, and Ritu...
.... ESA’s agreement with NASA to supply the modules gives Europe three astronaut seats on future Moon missions which Parker says are likely to be on missions four and five, though with discussion still underway it is still possible a European could...