11 October 2019
Spacebit unveils its design of the UK's first Moon rover
... Earth days) as it is unlikely the small spider-bot would be able to withstand the perishing night conditions on the lunar surface. Although space missions are generally the reserve of large organisations and governmental space agencies, Astrobotic...
10 May 2019
Bezos unveils Moon mission with Blue Moon lander
... locale in which to top-up solar powered cells, the lunar south pole is also believed to contain large deposits of water...ascent vehicle and landing multiple metric tons of payloads on the lunar surface. Aiding in the mission will be the companies new ...
06 September 2019
India's Chandrayaan-2 lander due to touchdown tonight
...metres and, ike the Vikram lander is designed to last one lunar day (14 Earth days). The overhead orbiter, Chandrayaan-2, however ... left over from when comets and meteorites bombarded the lunar surface, thus offering scientists the chance to study an...
13 July 2018
Israel plan to launch historic Moon mission later this year
...for the Moon and plans to send its lander to the lunar surface by the end of the year. This would be ... founded by three young engineers to compete for Google's $20 million Lunar X Prize, the promise of landing an Israeli spacecraft on the moon...
25 September 2019
Spacebit announces agreement to land first UK commercial payload on Moon
... Station in Florida. The launch will carry the first lunar lander from American soil since Apollo. CEO of Spacebit,... Spacebit has pioneered a captivating new way of working on the lunar surface, and we look forward to more details being released soon...
12 April 2019
Beresheet spacecraft crash lands on the Moon
... lost, as the spacecraft has crashed onto the lunar surface after the apparent failure of its main engine...since its inception. Originally designed to take part in Google’s Lunar XPRIZE by the nonprofit organisation SpaceIL, together with IAI the two...
