January 2023
LUNAR OASIS – architectural visions for an integrated lunar habitat
...after celebrating the first crewed Moon landing of 1969, the time has come to study the Moon more closely using today’s ...well. The physical parameters and technical aspects of the Moon require a different strategy for the spatial and structural ...
31 July 2019
GLEE mission aims to send 500 LunaSats to the Moon
...of Apollo 11, let us tell the world we are going to the moon with a new mission conducted by students from countries across the globe, and... mission be? Whose launch vehicle will take us to the moon? Whose lander will get us to the surface?” GLEE might...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... 1920s, considerable writings focused on travel to the Moon and planets and even inspired work on rocketry by... July 2015, the 46th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo Moon landing, Russian entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist, Yuri Milner pledged...
October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
... is Apollo 13 (1995) starring Tom Hanks. The film relates the tale of the ill-fated third attempt at a Moon landing with almost documentary accuracy. A violent explosion rocks the spacecraft, leading to an urgent scramble at Mission Control to rescue...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
...engine As NASA prepares for new missions to the Moon and Mars, it also positions its commercial space partners...education, capturing the imagination of people worldwide. The Apollo Moon landings, for example, were not only a monumental technological ...
01 October 2019
Moonfire: the epic journey of Apollo 11
...marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. For those space aficionados who were around ...writing complements the artistry of the images. In A Fire on the Moon, Mailer pioneered the ‘human narrative’ approach for space history, including...
