The launch marked the 18th flight of SpaceX’s first-stage Falcon 9 booster, which previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, Intelsat G-33/G-34, Transporter-6, and 12 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the booster returned to Earth, making a successful upright la...
More than a decade ago, China launched the first of its robotic Chang'e missions and the country has consistently built up ever-greater capabilities as it targets the Earth's natural satellite.
The US space agency Nasa is looking forward to the first manned launch as part of the “Artemis” program in 2024. After a successful unmanned test at the end of 2022, three men and one woman are scheduled to orbit the moon in the ten-day “Artemis 2” mission in November nex...
Space missions in 2024 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for space exploration with several new missions under NASA’s Artemis plan and Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative will target the moon. Artemis 2 Artemis 2 will combine nearly all elements, including the Space Launch ...
In the final stage, the astronauts will carry the samples into their spacecraft, which will then undock and carry the crew back to Earth. China has carried out five robotic missions to the moon. It has deployed two rovers on the celestial body and has retrieved samples through the most rec...
NASA's Orion spacecraft will be launched in a few days from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on its mission to the Moon. The Airbus-built European Service Module (ESM) will power Orion to and from its lunar orbit as part of NASA’s Artemis missions.
NASA's Apollo program saw 12 individuals, all white men, land on the moon between 1969 and 1972. NASA has pledged the first landing mission (and future landing missions) will include a woman and a person of color. Joe AcabaChief Astronaut, NASA Joe Acaba is a former educator who has ...
NASA is set to delay its next few missions to the moon under a key programme as technical hurdles mount with the various spacecraft it intends to use to get there, according to four people familiar with NASA's plans, reports Reuters. ...
NASA pushes back its Artemis moon missions due to heat shield issues Earth to bid farewell to its temporary mini moon on Monday The spacecraft was also carrying 10 small satellites called CubeSats, which were deployed as extras to the mission. All 10 were deployed as planned, but half of ...
We start this review with missions to the Earth-Moon system (Sect.2). Building on the legacy of Apollo and of several other important missions to the Moon, we review the current plans for a new wave of Moon missions from a broad range of countries and from the public and private spheres...