January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... pristine condition since their return from the Moon in the 1970s. The laboratories are today actively planning for the arrival of the precious lunar polar samples collected as part of the Artemis programme. One of the robotic precursor missions that...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... prestige and inspires citizens, both old and young, to pursue excellence. So what really is the next logical step for NASA? Is it to return to the Moon, or press forward to Mars? With shrinking space budgets, a lack of political will, and shortages...
29 August 2022
Lift-off draws close for NASA’s spectacular lunar return mission
... a giant new rocket for nearly two decades. In 2004, the agency announced plans for a massive launcher called the Ares V as part of its Constellation programme to return to the Moon by 2020. When that programme was ultimately cancelled by President...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... 2021 of an agreement to build a lunar base. This was most likely prompted by the planned American return to the Moon, the Gateway project and then the Artemis Accords. Unlike the International Space Station (ISS), which was designed and operated...
27 March 2019
NASA to land humans on the Moon again by 2024 - but with better fitting spacesuits hopefully
... Jim Bridenstine has just announced that ‘President Donald Trump has asked NASA to accelerate US plans to return to the Moon and to land humans on the surface again by 2024.’ Wonderful! But as exciting news as it may be, it is not new news that NASA...
28 July 2021
Bezos offers $2 billion in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract
.... We are convinced that, to advance America’s future in space, NASA must now quickly and assuredly return to the Moon. NASA has the opportunity to again inspire a whole new generation of scientists, engineers, and explorers. This is why Blue Origin...
