... the spacecraft as Russia prepares to initiate its new lunar exploration program. The first mission of Russia's lunar program, Luna-Glob, will be one of five ...-EU programs such as ExoMars, the lunar mission may finally achieve its 2019 launch target.
... public. Increasingly I get people asking me what I think the consequences will be for industry if Lunar Mission One succeeds. Firstly, I set up the Lunar Missions Trust to take control of all the surplus funds at the end of the project, and to use...
...’s floor, releasing a plume of debris. Careful analysis over the following years eventually revealed that India’s first lunar mission had indeed detected water ice vaporised by the impact. Today, it is China that is currently leading this new...
... research, assess human performance in simulated lunar missions and mitigate the risks associated with deep... isolation project crew having lunch. Lunar mission nutrition support At the initial stages of lunar base construction and operation, crew ...
..., to Earth orbiting capsules and, finally, to the Apollo lunar missions. John Kennedy’s challenge to land men on the Moon by... of scientific and commercial platforms in orbit, and lunar bases connected by a reliable transportation network, seemed ...
Chang’e-3, the Chinese unmanned lunar mission that landed on the northern part of the ... returned by the Apollo and Luna sample return missions. Since the termination of these two prominent lunar missions over nearly 40 years ago, exploration of the...