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...
25 November 2020
Chang'e 5 is on its way to the Moon
... and is responsible for the reception, processing, and storage management of scientific data and samples. The China Lunar Exploration Project is a major national science and technology special landmark project defined in the “National Medium and Long...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
...,” said Kathy Lueders, NASA's associate administrator for Human Explorations and Operations Mission Directorate. “This critical step puts humanity on a path to sustainable lunar exploration and keeps our eyes on missions farther into the solar...
October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
...between national space authorities and not government-to-government agreements. Whether that is ultimately workable in terms of lunar exploration and exploitation remains to be seen. While they are based on an open platform and transparency, what are...
18 September 2020
NASA chiefs hint that Artemis will land at Apollo site, not lunar poles
At a meeting of NASA’s Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) this week, head boss Jim Bridenstine hinted that the agency’s first crewed mission to the Moon – Artemis III – would not head for the lunar South Pole but would...
31 May 2021
JAXA to send a transforming robot to the Moon in 2022
... room during its trip to the Moon. JAXA expects the transformable rover to play active roles in future lunar exploration missions as well as being a pathfinder mission for its crewed pressurised rover which the agency advertised for...
