17 December 2020
Chang'e 5 probe returns to Earth with Moon rocks
China's most sophisticated and challenging space adventure – the Chang'e 5 robotic lunar mission – ended successfully early Thursday morning with its cargo of lunar rocks and dust landing on the grasslands in northern China. The China National Space...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... technologies and the delivery of scientific payloads to the Moon, leading the way for a future of prolonged space exploration. The private spacecraft would be able to deliver up to 100 kg payload to the lunar surface with each flight. About...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
...telescopes that will provide an unprecedented look at our universe. NASA is developing SLS in parallel with two other exploration systems development efforts - the Orion crew vehicle programme, managed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... sectors or simply improve its financial position. If we take into account that space, per se, is considered free for exploration by any country, and in this case represents the location of business activities requiring taxation, to whom would any...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... to the Moon, it will carry a payload specifically focused on protecting astronauts from space radiation. NASA’s uncrewed Orion Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) flight around the Moon in 2019 will carry the MARE payload to expand upon previous research...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space including the Moon and ... adopted by the ISS is extended to other forms of space exploration, and the criminality of the astronaut is contingent upon her or...
