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...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
... and beyond the dark shadows of Cabeus. During the return to the Moon, Artemis 3 will descend under power towards the Moon’s shadowy south polar zone with the Sun beaming into its cabin from the left. Nearing the landing site, the Artemis astronauts...
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...
10 January 2024
NASA announces delays to astronaut lunar missions
... for Artemis III, which is planned to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole. Artemis IV, the first mission to the Gateway lunar space station, remains on track for 2028. "We are returning to the Moon in a way we never have before, and...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
... NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, HLS, and the Gateway lunar outpost, NASA and its commercial and international partners are returning to the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and inspiration for a new generation...
09 April 2019
US space chiefs justify ambitious exploration plans
...sustainable return to the moon. We’re going to go back and forth to the moon with landers, rovers, robots, humans. We can have access to the entirety of the moon. Anytime we want, anywhere we want, we can get to the surface of the moon.” He envisions...
