01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
... of the others, said NASA chief Bridenstine of SpaceX’s design. The giant lander, which is so tall that astronauts will use an elevator to get to and from the lunar surface, could be an absolute game-changer, so we don’t want to discount it explained...
23 October 2020
First 4G cellular network on the Moon to be built by Nokia
...’ Technologies for the Moon’, the companies Nokia Bell Labs division will build a 4G communications system to be deployed on a lunar lander to the Moon's surface in late 2022, say the firm. To start with, the initial proposed Nokia network...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... information during entry, descent and landing on the lunar surface, which will inform the design of future landers including the next human lunar lander. The Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies will image the interaction between...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
... will be bought once, but enjoyed by two separate missions. Mission element partnering. RP’s plan is to partner on its lunar lander needs. NASA would provide the rover, ISRU payload and launch vehicle, while an international or commercial partner...
April 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
... as MIT, have already committed to using commercial lunar landers to achieve their planetary science research goals. Commercial ...that will help bring about small sample return from small lunar landers. One is the growth and maturation of the small ...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... not serve us well in the judgement of history if we made no effort to preserve some of the early lunar exploration record. Images of the SpaceIL lunar lander/hopper. An early concept (left) and the flight model prior to its planned February 2019...
