November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... the dynamics of living in close quarters for extended periods of time is one of the big challenges. The Apollo lunar missions lasted about a week or more, the crews could still catch sight of the Earth, and they knew...
13 July 2018
Israel plan to launch historic Moon mission later this year
... lander to the lunar surface by the end of the year. This would be the first-ever Israeli Moon mission and only the...from launch to landing. Once firmly ensconced on the surface, its mission, aside from taking photos and videos of the landing site, is ...
16 January 2019
China unveils future space plans
... the potential construction of a science and research base on our nearest celestial neighbour. Aside from the nation’s lunar missions, and a possible probe to Mars around 2020, China is also forging ahead with its orbital station – a project...
20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
... could see each country contributing a payload to the others up and coming lunar missions, namely the Luna-26 orbiter spacecraft and Chang’e-7 polar landing mission respectively. The agreement would also see both space-faring nations establishing...
17 December 2020
Chang'e 5 probe returns to Earth with Moon rocks
China's most sophisticated and challenging space adventure – the Chang'e 5 robotic lunar mission – ended successfully early Thursday morning with its cargo of lunar rocks and dust landing on the grasslands in northern China. The China National Space...
28 September 2018
CubeRover to develop low-cost, revolutionary rover in Luxembourg
... Ministry of the Economy. Rather than conducting scientific research and launching spacecraft missions like other prominent agencies however, the LSA will concentrate on building up ...will soon be available as standalone vehicles for lunar missions.
