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...
26 July 2021
Israel’s Helios to ride on ispace lunar lander to make oxygen on the Moon
... Emirates (UAE) this year, deliver Helios’ Lunar Extractor-1 reactor to the lunar surface onboard ispace’s lander by the end of 2023 and mid 2024. Lunar Extractor-1 is a reactor that heats lunar soil to 1600 degrees Celsius, then uses electrolysis...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... will involve a coalition of partner countries and space agencies. Apollo hardware, from the Saturn V rockets to the lunar landers, was designed, owned and operated by the US government; for Artemis NASA is contracting commercial services, relying...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
...success, but a lot of money is being spent. After multiple lunar landers, China has proven the equal of Russia and bested the US ... the Moon. There, it can receive signals from landers on the lunar far side whilst relaying the signals past the Moon ...
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...
May 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 ...
