August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
... be the first ‘astro-scientist’ training centre on the lunar surface. There, astro-scientists will be trained to perform ... wasted and nothing is left behind. Effectively, the lunar lander acts as first base and is later connected to the crater bases ...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
...also committed to previously announced plans to create a joint lunar and deep space data centre, which will consist of hubs.... Despite preparing to launch its Luna 25 and Luna 27 lunar lander missions before the end of the 2020s, Russia is feeling ...
14 April 2021
Emirates partners with Japan for its 2022 lunar rover mission
... first of its kind from the Arab world. The ‘Rashid’ rover will be transported to the Moon on ispace’s lunar lander during the company’s ‘Mission 1’ in 2022 as part of its commercial programme known as ‘HAKUTO-R’. Under the terms of the...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
...using the Scorpion’s Serpent engines and a specialised hydrogen and oxygen lunar lander using in situ oxygen produced from lunar regolith. These could reduce the cost of reaching the lunar surface by a third, to a level comparable to the current cost...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
...inflatables, but maybe a one-storey habitat attached to a lunar lander system. Neeraj Gupta and Janet Kavandi. I recognise the habitats...are either launch vehicle or capsule providers with plans for lunar stuff, but not a combination of the whole thing...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... agency announced in 2019 that this approach was no longer a priority and that Artemis would rely on an integrated lunar lander instead (top). No specifics Nevertheless, in 2019, NASA had authorised Boeing to start work on 10 more core stages and...
