... lander to the lunar surface by the end of the year. This would be the first-ever Israeli Moon mission and only the...from launch to landing. Once firmly ensconced on the surface, its mission, aside from taking photos and videos of the landing site, is ...
... the potential construction of a science and research base on our nearest celestial neighbour. Aside from the nation’s lunar missions, and a possible probe to Mars around 2020, China is also forging ahead with its orbital station – a project...
... could see each country contributing a payload to the others up and coming lunar missions, namely the Luna-26 orbiter spacecraft and Chang’e-7 polar landing mission respectively. The agreement would also see both space-faring nations establishing...
China's most sophisticated and challenging space adventure – the Chang'e 5 robotic lunar mission – ended successfully early Thursday morning with its cargo of lunar rocks and dust landing on the grasslands in northern China. The China National Space...
... Ministry of the Economy. Rather than conducting scientific research and launching spacecraft missions like other prominent agencies however, the LSA will concentrate on building up ...will soon be available as standalone vehicles for lunar missions.
... other countries are eagerly climbing the ranks Artist's impression of China's 'Yutu' rover, part of the Chang'e 3 lunar mission If it is a race, however, it's not a very close one. "China is still far ahead of everybody else", Johnson-Freese adds...