29 January 2021
NASA is looking at commercial options to launch its Europa Clipper
... when it is finally ready to fly, NASA plans on using the first three SLS rockets produced for its Artemis lunar programme. As such, an SLS will not be available for the Clipper Orbiter launch until 2025 at the...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... Programme; a move that NASA foresees as a way to reduce the cost of going to space. The US is also busy with Artemis and has recently deployed its fifth robotic rover, Perseverance, on the surface of Mars,. China meanwhile has...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
... unveiled at GLEX 2021 with officials stating that the base will be developed concurrently but separate to the Artemis lunar exploration programme led by the US.
24 January 2022
Solar sail mission will intercept and study small asteroid
... court to propel it towards the smallest asteroid ever to be studied by a spacecraft. After the spacecraft launches aboard the Artemis I uncrewed test flight this spring, the sail will use solar radiation to propel the CubeSat to the...
