November 2020
Walking on the Moon
... side in 2019 after being released from the Chang’e 4 lander. More generally, interest in lunar exploration waned until the 21st century, when the baton was taken up by China. In December 2013, the Chang’e 3 ...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... south pole could be conducted. The assessment of the potential of a teleoperated, improved-mobility rover to assist future lunar exploration missions would be of tremendous benefit in the accomplishment of current and future plans for human space...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... vaporised by the impact. Today, it is China that is currently leading this new wave of lunar exploration, racing from a first lunar orbiter to a soft landing on the lunar far side in little more than 10 years. Its Moon programme, named after the...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
...for water ice. According to a Chinese National Space Agency press release quoting Wu Weiren, Chief Designer of China’s lunar exploration programme, Chang’e-7 will include a special craft able to fly from the landing site to a nearby, permanently dark...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... asteroid resources. As part of the discussion, for example, Prof V Shevchenko, a leading expert in the field of lunar exploration, stated that, according to his estimates, the Earth’s reserves of gold, diamonds and zinc will last for ...
01 October 2018
ispace partners with SpaceX for 2020 & 2021 Moon missions
... HAKUTO-R are targeted to begin from mid-2020 and from mid-2021, respectively. ispace is the first lunar exploration company to purchase multiple launches. Takeshi Hakamada, ispace Founder & CEO said “We share the vision with SpaceX...
