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...
02 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...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
... to just four percent of the current cost claim China. With a string of recent successes including the Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission, the deployment of Zhurong to the martian surface, and the deployment of astronauts to its new space station...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
.... The Chinese human Moon mission studies and discussions continue to increase as the CNSA robotic lunar programme enters its third phase with the upcoming lunar sample return of Chang’e-5. India may startle the space community with 2019...
