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...
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...
07 October 2020
UK-based Spacebit secures second mission to the Moon in 2021
... Machines Nova-C lander. Asagumo and the wheeled rover are optimized for assessment of in-situ lunar resources, intended to support lunar exploration under the Artemis Program. "We are very pleased to secure a second mission in 2021 for Spacebit...
