26 July 2021
Israel’s Helios to ride on ispace lunar lander to make oxygen on the Moon
... Emirates (UAE) this year, deliver Helios’ Lunar Extractor-1 reactor to the lunar surface onboard ispace’s lander by the end of 2023 and mid 2024. Lunar Extractor-1 is a reactor that heats lunar soil to 1600 degrees Celsius, then uses electrolysis...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... will involve a coalition of partner countries and space agencies. Apollo hardware, from the Saturn V rockets to the lunar landers, was designed, owned and operated by the US government; for Artemis NASA is contracting commercial services, relying...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... information during entry, descent and landing on the lunar surface, which will inform the design of future landers including the next human lunar lander. The Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies will image the interaction between...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
... will be bought once, but enjoyed by two separate missions. Mission element partnering. RP’s plan is to partner on its lunar lander needs. NASA would provide the rover, ISRU payload and launch vehicle, while an international or commercial partner...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
... as MIT, have already committed to using commercial lunar landers to achieve their planetary science research goals. Commercial ...that will help bring about small sample return from small lunar landers. One is the growth and maturation of the small ...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... not serve us well in the judgement of history if we made no effort to preserve some of the early lunar exploration record. Images of the SpaceIL lunar lander/hopper. An early concept (left) and the flight model prior to its planned February 2019...
