July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... capsule that would land on the Moon. But a separate human mission to the Moon was also approved in which a manned capsule would fly round the Moon and back to Earth - a circumlunar flight. Furthermore, a third Moon mission was begun in 1967 to bring...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... surface looking for minerals to crewed bases and a lunar gateway platform in a nearby orbit. The Chinese human Moon mission studies and discussions continue to increase as the CNSA robotic lunar programme enters its third phase with...
15 May 2019
New funding under fire for Moon 2024 Artemis mission
... shortfall could occur sooner. Even space explorers have weighed in on the news about reallocating funds to support a Moon mission, as former NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez took to Twitter to say, “I’m all for space travel and returning to the...
31 May 2019
Melting moon dust with lasers to use in lunar habitats
... time in history," explains Professor Enrico Stoll from the IRAS. MOONRISE will hitch a ride on the first Moon mission of the Berlin-based new-space company PTScientists, a privately funded organisation who have just signed a cooperation...
08 October 2018
A round-up of news from this years IAC
... de Colombia announced their intent to sign a joint agreement with Astrobotic to facilitate their plans for multiple Moon missions with the aid of the Peregrine lunar lander. Peregrine is Astrobitotic’s lunar lander that is designed to deliver...
18 March 2022
Rocket roll time for NASA’s new Moonshot
... with Orion spacecraft atop arrived at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for a final test before its Artemis I Moon mission. I was among 300 media people on site for this momentous occasion and in scenes I had not witnessed...
