14 April 2021
Emirates partners with Japan for its 2022 lunar rover mission
... first of its kind from the Arab world. The ‘Rashid’ rover will be transported to the Moon on ispace’s lunar lander during the company’s ‘Mission 1’ in 2022 as part of its commercial programme known as ‘HAKUTO-R’. Under the terms of the...
23 January 2026
Back to the Moon with Artemis
...docking and undocking operations that will be required in lunar orbit on later missions. Orion’s service module will...delays in developing the lunar lander. So, for now, Artemis II remains the focus of interest for the lunar exploration community and ...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
...using the Scorpion’s Serpent engines and a specialised hydrogen and oxygen lunar lander using in situ oxygen produced from lunar regolith. These could reduce the cost of reaching the lunar surface by a third, to a level comparable to the current cost...
April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
... albeit focussed on reducing heavy launch costs and building lunar landers for NASA. So far, this article has not brought... unnecessary trouble for his companies and his Mars and lunar ambitions. Unfortunately, he and his political patrons have ...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
...inflatables, but maybe a one-storey habitat attached to a lunar lander system. Neeraj Gupta and Janet Kavandi. I recognise the habitats...are either launch vehicle or capsule providers with plans for lunar stuff, but not a combination of the whole thing...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... agency announced in 2019 that this approach was no longer a priority and that Artemis would rely on an integrated lunar lander instead (top). No specifics Nevertheless, in 2019, NASA had authorised Boeing to start work on 10 more core stages and...
