March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
... there will be industrial and business ventures.” In Woerner’s vision the “been there, done that” view of the Moon does not arise. “No human has ever visited the far side of the Moon,” he says. “Astronomers want to set up radio telescopes there...
08 January 2023
The Light of Earth: reflections on a life in space
... doubt about what Al thinks! The book concludes with “Thoughts after a Moon Voyage”, Worden’s views on the point of the space programme and a “Poem from the Far Side of the Moon” (from which the book’s title - The Light of Earth - is derived). There...
16 January 2019
China grows cotton on the Moon
...ever to sprout on the Moon, according to scientists involved in the mini biosphere experiment at the Chongqing University in southwest China. After making the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the Moon at the start of the year, China's Chang...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... a three-and-a-half year journey. The previous month, China’s Chang’e 4 landed on the far side of the Moon. Chang’e 5 will return samples from the Moon and by the time Chang’e 8 launches in 2027, the China National Space Administration will have laid...
09 August 2016
Yutu, the Chinese Moon Rover, Dies on the Moon
... probe mission, Chang'e 5, scheduled to launch in 2017. It will gather samples from the Moon and return the specimens to Earth. The Chang'e 4 lunar lander, scheduled for launch in 2018, will attempt the first landing on the far side of the moon.
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
... space programme, a space station in Earth orbit, a lunar rover on the far side of the Moon and a soft landing of a rover on the surface of Mars. China sees the Artemis Accords as an instrument to sustain US dominance while undermining China’s space...
