May 2026
From Apollo to Artemis - Six decades of the Lunar and Planetary Institute
... LPI continues to maintain extensive digital and physical holdings, including: data from robotic and crewed lunar missions lunar sample information Apollo-era documents, mission plans, transcripts, and debriefs one of the largest digital repositories...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
... in proportion to the quality of services the LDC provides and overall conditions on the Moon. In other words, a deteriorating lunar environment, society or economy will greatly reduce demand for service access licenses, thus harming the cooperative...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
..., either by rover tracks, engine exhaust or even eventually, new footprints. Tests were done on the way the lunar regolith is disturbed in different controlled conditions. A 93-page document emerged from these studies with the title ‘Recommendations...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... south pole, supporting long-term, large-scale scientific exploration, technical experiments and development and utilization of lunar resources”. This is a logical extension of the OST, in that agents of any state must be allowed free access to all...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
...capabilities will be bought once, but enjoyed by two separate missions. Mission element partnering. RP’s plan is to partner on its lunar lander needs. NASA would provide the rover, ISRU payload and launch vehicle, while an international or commercial...
April 2026
Apollo lunar rover - the Lego version
... designed to function in the vacuum and wide temperature extremes of space on the rugged and difficult terrain of the lunar surface. The real LRVs were 3.1 m long with a 2.3 m wheelbase, 1.8 m wide and had a ground clearance of 0.35 m. The 0.8 m-long...
