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 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...
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...
22 January 2021
Russia develops instrument to search for precious metals on the Moon and Mars
...of counts from gamma rays. “Lunokhod-Geolog”, could be referring to Luna-27. Also called the Luna-Resurs lander, Luna-27 is a planned lunar lander mission by Roscosmos in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA). The two space agency’s have...
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...
