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SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics await NASA lunar lander decision
Dec 25, 2020 (UPI)
The three space firms were selected in April to submit proposals early this month. Having done that, they now await NASA's decision, which is scheduled for Febr...
Chandrayaan-2 Mission : Initial data release
Dec 25, 2020 (SPX)
In the period since launch payload teams tuned onboard systems for optimal instrument configurations, derived essential in-flight calibration data, revised / up...
China's lunar rover travels about 600 meters on moon's far side
Dec 25, 2020 (XNA)
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have ended their work for the 25th lunar day, and switched to the dormant mode for the lunar night due to t...
Success of lunar mission hailed
Dec 21, 2020 (XNA)
On behalf of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission, Xi extended warm congratulations and sincere...
Lunar rocks, soil brought back by Chang'e 5 handed over to scientists
Dec 21, 2020 (XNA)
The samples were handed over by Zhang Kejian, head of the space administration, to Hou Jianguo, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at a delivery cere...
UCF developed sensor passes first test, on track for future moon missions
Dec 21, 2020 (SPX)
UCF researchers designed the Ejecta STORM instrument to scan the area around a lunar lander for moondust and other hazards based on a concept planetary scientis...
China's space landing site chosen with utmost care
Dec 18, 2020 (XNA)
Before the landing of Chang'e 5 at 1:59 am on Thursday, the site also welcomed back 11 Shenzhou spacecraft designed for China's manned spaceflight program, as w...
Next lunar mission to sample pole or far side
Dec 18, 2020 (XNA)
Wu Yanhua, deputy head of China National Space Administration, told China Daily on Thursday after a news conference in Beijing that project managers' current pl...
China ponders moon base within five years
Dec 18, 2020 (Sputnik)
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced it will analyse whether it can build a permanent base on the moon, media reports revealed on Thursday. ...
NASA, Canadian Space Agency formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis Program
Dec 17, 2020 (SPX)
Under this agreement, CSA will provide the Gateway's external robotics system, including a next-generation robotic arm, known as Canadarm3. CSA also will provid...
Innovative Hydraulics awarded contract to support NASA's Artemis program
Dec 17, 2020 (SPX)
With the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface th...
Chinese craft returns to Earth with Moon rocks
Dec 17, 2020 (AFP)
The mission was the first in four decades to collect lunar samples, emulating the feats of the United States and the Soviet Union from the 1960s and 1970s -- an...
Canadian will join Moon mission for first time in 2023
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
"I am proud to announce another first: Canada will join the US on the first crewed mission to the Moon since the Apollo mission," the minister, Navdeep Bains, t...
Chinese craft carrying Moon rocks returns to Earth: Xinhua
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
The capsule carrying the samples collected by the Chang'e-5 space probe landed in northern China's Inner Mongolia region, Xinhua said, quoting the China Nationa...
Chang'e 5 makes orbital correction on way back to Earth
Dec 15, 2020 (XNA)
The orbiter-reentry capsule combination activated two 25-newton-thrust engines at 11:13 am. The engines were operational for 28 seconds and completed the maneuv...
Chang'e 5 in moon-to-Earth trajectory
Dec 14, 2020 (XNA)
The orbiter-reentry capsule combination of China's Chang'e 5 robotic probe has started its journey back to Earth, moving closer to the completion of its landmar...
Chang'e 5 makes 1st moon-Earth transfer injection maneuver to return home
Dec 13, 2020 (XNA)
The combination had been traveling in a near-circular lunar orbit for nearly six days before conducting the maneuver, which is intended to enable the spacecraft...
National team submits Lunar proposal To NASA
Dec 11, 2020 (SPX)
Blue Origin leads the Human Landing System (HLS) National Team, which includes Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper. Together, these partners guided Ap...
NASA Names Artemis Team of Astronauts Eligible for Early Moon Missions
Dec 10, 2020 (SPX)
Vice President Mike Pence introduced the members of the Artemis Team Wednesday during the eighth National Space Council meeting at NASA's Kennedy Space Center i...
Israel sets sights on 2024 unmanned moon landing
Dec 09, 2020 (AFP)
The original Beresheet, Hebrew for "Genesis", was a tall, oddly shaped 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) spacecraft built by Israeli NGO SpaceIL and state-owned Israel...
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