21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
... in development of domestic lunar lander capabilities that would evolve to meeting the identified performance...the technology can then be modified to create a human-scale lander capable of delivering payloads between 5000 - 6000 kilograms. NASA ...
06 September 2019
India's Chandrayaan-2 lander due to touchdown tonight
... 2:30 am 7 September IST) tonight, India’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar lander Vikram is scheduled to touch down on the near side ... up to 500 metres and, ike the Vikram lander is designed to last one lunar day (14 Earth days). The overhead orbiter, Chandrayaan...
25 September 2019
Spacebit announces agreement to land first UK commercial payload on Moon
... Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch will carry the first lunar lander from American soil since Apollo. CEO of Spacebit, Pavlo Tanasyuk, said of the recent signing, “We could not...
30 April 2018
NASA cancels its lunar Resource Prospector mission
... integrate, accommodate, transport, and operate NASA Payloads using contractor provide assets, including launch vehicles, lunar lander spacecraft, lunar surface systems, Earth re-entry vehicles and associated resources,” reads the RFI. Making a move...
11 October 2019
Spacebit unveils its design of the UK's first Moon rover
... that just three countries, US, China and Russia, have attained so far, the Peregrine lander first has to touch down on the lunar surface successfully. A tricky task that has thwarted many recent attempts from other nations...
03 December 2019
Found! The remains of India's Vikram Lander are identified
... Research Organisation (ISRO) lost contact with their lander shortly before the scheduled touchdown. Despite the loss... have been on the hunt for Vikram's remains. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team released the first mosaic (acquired Sept...
