23 November 2020
China's lunar sample return mission to launch tonight
... to lay the foundations for a Mars sample return later in the decade or even a crewed lunar mission. The nation is already lining up three further missions after Chang’e 5 is complete; Chang’e 6 and 7 will focus on the south pole of the Moon...
09 December 2020
SpaceIL announce Beresheet 2 will head to the Moon in 2024
... and most affordable spacecraft to travel to the Moon – it cost around $100 million – a fraction of the price of most lunar missions. It also had a profound impact on Israel, with hundreds of thousands of its citizens watching the launch. The planned...
14 April 2021
Emirates partners with Japan for its 2022 lunar rover mission
... of its commercial programme known as ‘HAKUTO-R’. Under the terms of the agreement, the Japanese lunar exploration company will deliver the Emirates Lunar Mission’s ‘Rashid’ rover to the Moon, provide wired communication and power during the cruise...
28 July 2021
Bezos offers $2 billion in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract
...designed to be sustainable for repeated lunar missions and, above all, to keep our astronauts safe. We created a... the development and launch of a pathfinder mission to low-Earth orbit of the lunar descent element to further retire development and ...
01 February 2019
First private spacecraft gearing up for Moon landing
... to the knowledge accumulated by all humanity so far. It has been supplied by the Arch Mission Foundation's Lunar Library, the first ever Lunar archive that contains 25 layers of scientific, cultural and historical information, including dictionaries...
28 February 2024
SSSIF consolidates position as Europe's leading NewSpace event
... Business’, which gave wide scope for different companies in the sector to explain the evolution of projects related to lunar missions. Among them was Ezequiel Sanchez, CEO of PLD Space, a Spanish company that has become a major player...
