January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
...isn’t cheap. So, they tend to have reconstituted beer and spirits…” Teetotal in space? Historically alcohol and space exploration have had a complicated relationship. The world’s space agencies, including NASA, have largely prohibited astronauts from...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
...-Gateway, these missions will usher in a new era of exploration of the Moon and its resources, and provide a training ...lunar orbits over its lifetime to maximise science and exploration operations using advanced high-power solar electric propulsion. ...
26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
... at the end of each mission. The service module soon to be shipped to the US, will be used solely for NASA’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) – an uncrewed flight that will test the feasibility of sending astronauts into deep space. EM-1 will travel...
31 May 2021
JAXA to send a transforming robot to the Moon in 2022
... are developing the control technologies for the rover. “We are honoured to be able to contribute to realising the lunar exploration mission by applying the control system for the transformable lunar robot,” Hisashi Tamai, Senior Vice President...
12 June 2020
NASA picks Astrobotic to fly VIPER to the Moon
... have a drill to bore approximately 3 feet into the lunar surface. “CLPS is a totally creative way to advance lunar exploration,” said NASA’s Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen. “We’re doing something that’s never been done before...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... that allow earlier and cheaper participation in the use and exploration of space, and create more entry points for those without...them. On the one hand and for most of history, space exploration has been the domain of governments, and so most of the ...
