30 April 2018
NASA cancels its lunar Resource Prospector mission
...Moon, as the rover’s main purpose was to search for volatiles such as hydrogen, oxygen and water - elements that would be essential for any explorers... when it was moved from the Human Exploration and Operations Directorate to the Science Mission ...
31 May 2021
JAXA to send a transforming robot to the Moon in 2022
... pressurised rover. “JAXA has been promoting mission development and system studies on international space exploration targeting the Moon and Mars by gathering Japanese technologies and knowledge. In particular, the crewed pressurised rover will...
12 July 2019
NASA reassigns top leaders in Moon 2024 programme
... the next man on the Moon by 2024, with a focus on the ultimate goal of sending humans to Mars,” Bridenstine wrote. “In an effort to meet this challenge, I have decided to make leadership changes to the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission...
18 September 2020
NASA chiefs hint that Artemis will land at Apollo site, not lunar poles
... away in some of the permanently shadowed craters on the Moon, scientists think that large quantities of water, either in ice or mixed with lunar regolith, could be available for human explorers to make use of. Water is a critical resource for long...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... selections represent an early step toward the agency’s long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and, later, Mars. “The Moon has unique scientific value and the potential to yield resources, such as water and...
15 May 2019
New funding under fire for Moon 2024 Artemis mission
... System mega rocket and the Orion capsule; NASA’s multi-purpose crew vehicle intended to facilitate human exploration of the Moon, and beyond. So far, so good then, right? Not quite. While the prospect of any additional money...
