01 October 2018
ispace partners with SpaceX for 2020 & 2021 Moon missions
... entering a new era in space exploration and SpaceX is proud to have been selected by ispace to launch their first lunar missions. We are looking forward to delivering their innovative spacecraft to the Moon,” added Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX President...
25 November 2020
Chang'e 5 is on its way to the Moon
... technologies such as narrow window multi-orbit binding launch, automatic 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...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... countries. When looking at China’s space ambitions for the 2020s (continued CSS habitation, at least three uncrewed lunar missions, a global LEO broadband constellation, etc), it is clear that there will be ample opportunities for other countries...
06 October 2017
Volcanic activity gave the early Moon an atmosphere
... in composition to the rocks found in Hawaii, however the lunar basalts contain significantly less water. This new study, conducted by...ago and that the maximum atmospheric pressure at the lunar surface could have reached around 1.5 times higher than...
06 July 2018
ESA investigates health risk of living on the Moon
...throats and watering eyes - symptoms that soon earned the title of “lunar hay fever.” The culprit? As a barren, practically airless world, ... of Apollo sample containers. To assess just how hazardous lunar dust is for humans on a long-stay mission to...
31 May 2021
JAXA to send a transforming robot to the Moon in 2022
...technologies and knowledge. In particular, the crewed pressurised rover will play an important role in developing mobility on the lunar surface for sustainable exploration activities,” Vice President of JAXA, Hiroshi Sasaki, says. Plans for the rover...
