March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
... the cost of one launch vehicle. Pooled capabilities partnering. Pooling multiple mission requirements into a single requirement set can bring savings to both missions. Two lunar missions, for example, both need a launch vehicle and a lander to begin...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... initially presented by university students as part of a science fair and was later developed as an actual payload for the lunar mission. The 2D clinostat and its control box, used to simulate microgravity conditions on Earth. Although physical and...
01 October 2018
ispace partners with SpaceX for 2020 & 2021 Moon missions
... for 2020 and 2021. The company’s first two lunar missions will be carried out under the program name HAKUTO-R,... to have been selected by ispace to launch their first lunar missions. We are looking forward to delivering their innovative spacecraft to...
23 November 2020
China's lunar sample return mission to launch tonight
... to lay the foundations for a Mars sample return later in the decade or even a crewed lunar mission. The nation is already lining up three further missions after Chang’e 5 is complete; Chang’e 6 and 7 will focus on the south pole of the Moon...
14 April 2021
Emirates partners with Japan for its 2022 lunar rover mission
... of its commercial programme known as ‘HAKUTO-R’. Under the terms of the agreement, the Japanese lunar exploration company will deliver the Emirates Lunar Mission’s ‘Rashid’ rover to the Moon, provide wired communication and power during the cruise...
28 July 2021
Bezos offers $2 billion in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract
...designed to be sustainable for repeated lunar missions and, above all, to keep our astronauts safe. We created a... the development and launch of a pathfinder mission to low-Earth orbit of the lunar descent element to further retire development and ...
