November 2017
Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy
...desolation”. On this surface, battered by sharp and jagged lunar dust lie many oddities, including a golden olive branch, ... our first footprints on the Moon. Each of the Apollo lunar landing sites is evidence of humanity’s first tentative steps off ...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
... of engineering and scientific research projects. This collection currently comprises various rock and regolith simulants representing lunar and martian terrains and is termed the ESA2C (ESA’s Exploration Sample Analogue Collection). Along with the...
17 May 2021
European startup to produce oxygen from lunar soil for ESA 2025 mission
... Moon, the process involves separating ilmenite – a compound which contains iron, titanium and oxygen (FeTiO3) – from lunar soil, crushing it to a fine powder and then heating it in an enclosed reaction vessel in the presence of hydrogen gas. The...
28 May 2021
US GAO report casts doubt on 2024 lunar landing
...—along with some technical risks—mean that it's less likely a lunar landing will happen in 2024,” says the report published 26 May...“has not fully addressed management challenges related to its lunar programmes” that were identified in the 2020 study. ...
02 September 2019
Strange substance discovered by China's lunar rover on far side of the Moon
... strange discovery; a gel-like substance with an unusual colour. The strange substance, found during lunar day 8 which started on July 25 (a lunar day is equal to 14 days on Earth) has prompted mission scientists to cancel other exploration plans for...
24 August 2020
NASA receives full-sized lunar lander mock-up from Blue Origin
...”; a vehicle that brings the landing systems into position in lunar orbit. The Transfer Element is based on its Cygnus cargo ... Moon in 2024,” said Kirk Shireman, vice president of Lunar Campaigns at Lockheed Martin Space. With the mock-up now ready...
