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 ...
September 2018
ROOM helps raise student space awareness
... students, from multidisciplinary backgrounds and none of whom specialised in space, discussed specific topics related to space exploration via an exchange of opinions and debates on the ROOM website and via video conference, before publishing their...
22 December 2017
Where is NASA going next?
... Solar System mission. The two finalists battling it out for the chance to explore their destination of choice, are the proposed Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR) mission or Dragonfly. A launch date of the mid-2020s is planned...
