01 October 2018
ispace partners with SpaceX for 2020 & 2021 Moon missions
...of our journey.” “We are entering a new era in space exploration and SpaceX is proud to have been selected by ispace to launch... Europe, and the US—including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)—reviewed both technical and programmatic status ...
18 September 2017
'Mars crew' emerge from isolation after 8 months study on Hawaii
...SEAS has done will contribute to the future exploration of Mars and the future exploration of Space in general," said science officer ...Paylor on Sunday. HI-SEAS stands for ‘Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation’ and refers to semi-portable, ...
11 May 2018
Revolutionary X-Ray navigation system to be used on CubeSat mission
... the technology on a CubeSat mission to characterise the composition of the Moon. The experiment, which is called the Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology, or SEXTANT, for short, works in a similar principle to how GPS works...
07 August 2020
Huge city-wide lunar lava tubes identified in new study
... Bologna and Padua, ESA has been carrying out two training programmes for astronauts focusing on the exploration of underground systems (CAVES) and planetary geology (PANGAEA),” says Unibo professor Jo De Waele, a speleologist and another co-author...
18 September 2020
NASA chiefs hint that Artemis will land at Apollo site, not lunar poles
... of water, either in ice or mixed with lunar regolith, could be available for human explorers to make use of. Water is a critical resource for long-term exploration, as it can be used for drinking, breathing, cooling equipment and making rocket fuel...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... the agency’s long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and, later, Mars. “The...the Moon,” said Steve Clarke, SMD’s deputy associate administrator for Exploration at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “The selected payloads, along ...
