14 April 2021
Emirates partners with Japan for its 2022 lunar rover mission
... of its commercial programme known as ‘HAKUTO-R’. Under the terms of the agreement, the Japanese lunar exploration company will deliver the Emirates Lunar Mission’s ‘Rashid’ rover to the Moon, provide wired communication and power during the cruise...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
...2 Space Studies Board (2002). The quarantine and certification of Martian samples. Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (chaired by J. Wood), National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington D.C. ISBN-13: 978-0309075718. 3 Ammann...
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...
11 April 2017
ESA to supply cameras for Russian lunar mission
... Russia prepares to initiate its new lunar exploration program. The first mission of Russia's lunar program, Luna-Glob, will be one...high-precision landing systems. It will be the third explorer," said Lemeshevsky. "We have invited the Europeans to ...
16 January 2019
China unveils future space plans
...4 probe has helped kick start the fourth phase of China's lunar exploration program, starting with the launch of Chang’e 5 at the ... of countries pushing forward the frontiers of space exploration together based on equality, peaceful use and mutual...
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...
