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...
April 2025
Lego’s tribute to NASA’s SLS and Artemis
... south pole around 2030Photo: Moreover, any discussion about manned lunar exploration has to factor in China, which is understood to be planning to send astronauts to the lunar south pole around 2030, a favoured destination because of the likelihood...
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...
