April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
... is still much research to be performed in order to facilitate safe lunar missions. Apollo mission EVAs ranged from two hours on Apollo 9 to 22 hours on Apollo 17. A future lunar base might require up to 30,000 hours of EVA exploration. Individual...
30 June 2020
How Earth’s protective magnetic bubble can ‘flap’ over the Moon
... exposes the Moon, will help scientists and engineers prepare for the safe operation of future human lunar missions. As well as providing life-giving light, the Sun also spews out high-speed particles – the solar...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
...humanity take such a step? And does it want to? Neil Armstrong’s footprint in the lunar soil photographed during Apollo 11, the first manned lunar mission in July 1969. Equality concerns Transhumanism also raises serious social concerns, specifically...
22 July 2020
China's first Mars rover set to launch tomorrow
... they re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 January, 2012. Despite this setback, China has found success with their lunar missions, with the next, Chang’e 5, scheduled for launch later this year. This has prompted the Chinese...
31 December 2019
Virginia Air & Space Center
... attraction is the Apollo 12 command module from the second manned lunar mission. It sits on the floor of a large, open gallery and...has been in gestation!). The museum also houses the lunar module simulator that was suspended from a huge gantry at...
19 November 2020
Agreement to accelerate commercial space growth
... forward to accelerating commercialisation of low Earth orbit as well as development of deep space exploration, including lunar missions in this unique US-Japan strategic private partnership.” TerraMetric is a global space business development firm...
