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...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
.... Attempts by NASA to expand this into scientific exploration of the Moon were firmly and explicitly refused by... had to spacewalk between LK3 and the Soyuz-type spacecraft in lunar orbit). Baikonur, September 1968 - US Gambit KH-8 spy satellite ...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... suggest that they include the ‘top three’ of many of today’s space-related meetings: the renewed focus of lunar exploration; the continuing recognition of the need for space sustainability; and the promise (or threat depending on your national...
03 January 2019
Chinese goddess lands on far side of the Moon
...side' because so little is known about it. A photo taken by the lunar explorer Chang’e 4 at 11.40 am China time (3.40 GMT) and published online by... came via state broadcaster CCTV which said the lunar explorer had touched down at 1026 (0226 GMT). ...
11 March 2019
LAMP shows migrating water molecules on the Moon
...down when temperatures start dropping. "This is an important new result about lunar water, a hot topic as our nation's space program returns to a focus on lunar exploration," said Dr. Kurt Retherford, the principal investigator of the LAMP instrument...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... Earth’s orbit and land on the Moon. As of October 2018, it has raised US$12.5 million for its plan for lunar exploration and development, which includes sending a small spacecraft to the Moon. It plans to follow this with the establishment...
