September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... at Mars, only with modifications to allow for the challenges of operating at much greater distances. Large lunar landers for the human lander programme will play an increasing role due to their load carrying capability, enabling them to transport...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... formal agreement allowed ILOA scientists to conduct galaxy observations with the UV telescope aboard the 2013 Chang’e-3 lunar lander. This resulted in the first successful observation of a spiral galaxy known as M101, that took place from the...
01 November 2019
Can Artemis deliver the payload it seeks from the Moon?
... are due today (1 Nov) - a timeline that even NASA states is ambitious. The first company to complete its lunar lander will be the one to land NASA astronauts on the moon in 2024, NASA officials said in a statement. Second place...
03 January 2019
Chinese goddess lands on far side of the Moon
... into being. Launched on 7 December 2018, the Chang'e 4 spacecraft comprises both a lunar lander and a six-wheeled rover. Chang'e 4 first entered an elliptical lunar orbit on 12 December, drawing as close as nine miles (15 km) from the surface before...
10 December 2018
First far side of the Moon mission underway
... terrain. These include; a terrain camera, a Low Frequency Spectrometer (LFS), and a Lunar Lander Neutrons and Dosimetry (LND) developed by Kiel University in Germany. The lander also carries a 3 kilogram sealed container with seeds and insect eggs...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
...-2 rover, was launched on 7 December 2018 by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and was the first lunar lander to carry a self-sustaining ecosystem to the surface of Moon. Its science payloads included a unique biosphere experiment which...
