July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
...5 x 5 cm with a design that makes it extensible to multi-camera installations. ILOA has submitted a proposal to the recent NASA Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads programme for its potential flight via commercial landers as part of Moon...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... lies neither in science nor in exploration, but in its material Is it possible to extract water from ice deposits at the lunar poles and process it into propellant for US$500/kg or less? To answer this question, researchers at the Colorado School...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... System and Advanced Neutron Measurements at the Lunar Surface are neutron spectrometers that will measure ...to compete on individual delivery orders. NASA also released the Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payload (LSITP) call in October...
26 February 2021
Lunar levitation track system among new ideas funded by NASA
... Kilometre-Scale Space Structures from a Single Launch. Patrick McGarey, JPL: Passively Expanding Dipole Array for Lunar Sounding (PEDALS). Quinn Morley, Planet Enterprises in Gig Harbor, Washington : Autonomous Robotic Demonstrator for Deep Drilling...
26 July 2021
Israel’s Helios to ride on ispace lunar lander to make oxygen on the Moon
...the metals will be used to establish the infrastructure for future lunar and martian bases, say the firm. “Our solution is... is the cost of transporting payloads from Earth to the lunar surface. Fees are dependent on the spacecraft and supplier used...
23 November 2020
China's lunar sample return mission to launch tonight
...After sampling is complete, the ascender will transfer the collected materials to the re-entry module waiting overhead in a lunar orbit. The re-entry is then expected to land in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, around 15 December. ESA will be on hand...
