April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... and refuelling otherwise healthy satellites. However, despite the push to return to the Moon, there is scant recognition of the issues looming in the cis-lunar environment: with an increase in the lunar orbital population, what about sustainability...
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...
02 April 2026
NASA astronauts launch on lunar flyby mission
... of something bigger than any one mission. It marks our return to the Moon, not just to visit, but to eventually stay on our Moon Base, and lays the foundation for the next giant leaps ahead.” Aboard Orion are four remarkable explorers...
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 ...
23 March 2026
Neil Armstrong at USC and on the Moon
... it will tick all the boxes for anyone wishing to understand what Apollo was about. It may be 56 years since Armstrong made his famous little jump, but there is much for today’s engineers engaged in the return to the Moon to learn from...
