September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... five teams currently taking part in the Google Lunar XPRIZE. Their rover is expected to be launched towards the Moon by the end of 2017. These 3D simulations will bring us closer to the development of a 10 to 20 kg class rover prototype. Field tests...
27 September 2021
Early findings from Chang'e 5 samples shows a mix of "exotic" materials
...used to answer a number of further scientific questions," said Qian. "In addressing these we shall deepen our understanding of the Moon's history and help prepare for further lunar exploration." The presentation entitled, "The Exotic Materials at the...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
...’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) in November 2018, currently are developing landers to deliver NASA payloads to the Moon’s surface. As CLPS providers, they are pre-authorized to compete on individual delivery orders. NASA also released the...
28 July 2021
Bezos offers $2 billion in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract
... space, NASA must now quickly and assuredly return to the Moon. NASA has the opportunity to again inspire a whole new ...the Agency’s own admission, it bets our return to the Moon on a single solution of “immense complexity and heightened risk ...
12 December 2017
Trump signs Space Policy Directive 1
... paved the way to send American astronauts back to the Moon by signing his Space Policy Directive 1. “To guide this ... -– Obama’s predecessor – that wanted to return humans to the Moon by 2020 and then onwards to Mars. President Obama cancelled the ...
30 April 2018
NASA cancels its lunar Resource Prospector mission
.... Cancellation of the only NASA lunar surface mission currently under development to obtain strategic data from the Moon’s polar regions is not the way to signal that intention. As stated above, RP would be a pathfinder for NASA’s contribution...
