23 November 2020
China's lunar sample return mission to launch tonight
...After sampling is complete, the ascender will transfer the collected materials to the re-entry module waiting overhead in a lunar orbit. The re-entry is then expected to land in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, around 15 December. ESA will be on hand...
11 April 2017
ESA to supply cameras for Russian lunar mission
...space and on the ground, with further craft aiming to return lunar soil samples back to Earth with a device also supplied by..., that the European Space Agency will take part in lunar research," said director general of the NPO Lavochkin research and...
19 August 2019
Maxar selected to build, fly first element of NASA’s Lunar Gateway
... Moon. It will drive our activity with commercial and international partners and help us explore the entire lunar surface and its resources,” said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate...
May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
...LBAs) waveband. These antennas (see image at right) could be adapted to a lightweight form and grouped to suit the lunar environment. PSRs like Shackleton, chilled to around -240C, could provide a stable, superconducting environment that is ideal for...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... Johnson. A team composed both of current and original-generation Apollo scientists (including Dr. Harrison H. ‘Jack’ Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot and the only trained geologist to live and work on another world) is establishing exactly how...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... missions launched by these countries and their corporations to the Moon. This demonstration of how we might unlock such lunar resources profitably is what offers us the best chance of taking the next giant leap towards becoming a bi-planetary...
