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...
April 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...
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...
01 December 2014
Roscosmos plans deep space exploration
... its uncrewed lunar sample return activities, ceased since the last lunar lander flown in 1974. Plans include three uncrewed craft – Lunas 25, 26 and 27 – flying in 2023-25. Subsequently, Luna 28 and 29 would provide sample return missions after...
