25 April 2018
The Final Mission: Preserving NASA’s Apollo Sites
...best way to decide whether the subject is of interest is to consider the question of those first historic footprints on an alien world, made in the lunar dust by Armstrong and Aldrin. If no-one returns to the Moon, they will remain there forever, but...
11 December 2020
NASA reveals Artemis Team to train for moon landings
... technical development. They also will engage the public and industry on the Artemis program and NASA’s exploration plans. “There is so much exciting work ahead of us as we return to the moon, and it will take the entire astronaut corps to make that...
01 February 2019
First private spacecraft gearing up for Moon landing
... non-governmental entity in the world to go to the moon. Landing on the moon was for many years a little-discussed topic among the public, but recently we see growing interest as world superpowers seek to return to the moon in a variety of commercial...
31 May 2019
Melting moon dust with lasers to use in lunar habitats
A return to the Moon has become a high priority for many international space agencies and companies wanting to stamp their mark on the dusty lunar surface, either by undertaking scientific experiments or to mine it for potential resources. Some even...
19 September 2023
Apollo Remastered
... Apollo 17 mission in 1972, so our only recourse for 50 years has been to ‘return to the Moon virtually’ by means of documentary films and books. Occasionally, a coffee-table tome on Apollo makes us stop and marvel at ...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
..., let alone any international regulatory agreement. Legally, at present, there are no protections for any of the artefacts left on the Moon, or any of the features of the landing sites. But this document was a good start, and it served its purpose...
