23 November 2020
China's lunar sample return mission to launch tonight
... and challenging endeavours the space-faring nation has so far embarked on. If successful, Chang'e 5 will be the first lunar sample-return mission in more than four decades – the last undertaking was achieved by the former Soviet Union's unmanned...
25 November 2020
Chang'e 5 is on its way to the Moon
... lunar surface sampling and packaging, lunar surface takeoff, lunar orbital rendezvous and docking, and lunar sample storage, and improve China’s aerospace technology level; the second is to realize China’s first automatic sampling and return...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
... discoveries about the history of the solar system. We believe there could be a sustainable multi-flight market for lunar sample return in the near-term immediate future While pursuing this vision, we drew a conclusion that could be pivotal for...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... and Mars. Meanwhile, national governments across the world continue to explore outer space, as demonstrated by China’s lunar sample return mission in May 2024. This article links NewSpace and the Moon by introducing a concept that employs robotics...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
... authorising their auction. The US then made arrangements with a private auction house to sell the forfeited items. A Lunar Sample Return bag was among the items forfeited and listed for auction, though the bag was not...
28 January 2019
Oldest Earth rocks found on the Moon
... the Moon. The surprising find has been uncovered by an international team of scientists who had been studying a lunar sample returned by the Apollo 14 astronauts from their mission 48 years ago. The 2 gram fragment of rock, which is a possible relic...
