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 June 2018
ESA Council backs Lunar gateway venture
...Mars Sample Return mission or other sample return missions; and examining scenarios and mission concepts for lunar exploration missions supporting the objectives of the European scientific community. The Participating States in the E3P Programme have...
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...
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...
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...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... the first trained scientist to walk on the Moon. During the Apollo 17 mission he collected evidence of lunar volcanic activity. Lunar exploration in the coming years will be essential preparation for long journeys across our Solar System, developing...
