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 ...
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...
25 September 2019
Spacebit announces agreement to land first UK commercial payload on Moon
... signed a joint agreement with Astrobotic to begin commercial and scientific lunar exploration starting in 2021. For the mission, Spacebit will utilise Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander, which will be launched on a Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape...
11 October 2019
Spacebit unveils its design of the UK's first Moon rover
... announced a few weeks ago that it had signed a joint agreement with Astrobotic to begin commercial and scientific lunar exploration starting in 2021, the company has now revealed the design of its lander - a walking rover that looks...
29 March 2018
Lunar Settlements
... appropriate adjustments made for progress in space technology - it should be of interest to anyone involved or interested in the general subject of lunar exploration. The contents are divided into seven sections, covering the past and future...
