Firefly Aerospace Secures $179M NASA Contract for a 2028 Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace will deliver NASA instruments to the Moon’s Gruithuisen Domes in 2028, advancing lunar science and exploration through the CLPS program
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VIPER Lunar Mission for Sale to the Best Offering
NASA issued a “Request for Information” to find U.S. entities interested in investing and completing the VIPER rover mission to find volatiles on the Moon
NASA Partners With JAXA For A Pressurized Lunar Rover
A futuristic partnership between NASA and Japan for the development of a pressurized lunar rover, aimed at a better exploration of the lunar surface
The SLIM Moon Landing: a Partial Success that Opens Up New Perspectives
On Jan. 19, 2024, at 3:30 pm UTC, Japan became the fifth nation in the world to succeed in placing its object on the lunar soil: the tiny lander SLIM
NASA Suspend Communications With Mars Missions Due to Solar Conjunction
NASA is temporarily blocking the sending of signals to rovers and orbiters on the Red Planet due to a Mars solar conjunction
ASTRA: bases on the Moon, by students
Designing a lunar base is an arduous challenge. What better way to bring together students from different backgrounds? Team ASTRA aims to do just that
LUPEX: Soon a new lunar mission from India and Japan
After Chandrayaan-3 success, global media attention are focused on ISRO space program. A more ambitious mission to the Moon, in collaboration with JAXA: LUPEX
Hakuto-R M2, ispace new tentative to tame the insidious Moon
On July 13, 2023, ispace Inc. officially began the assembly, integration, and testing of their second Hakuto-R spacecraft that will attempt to land on the Moon
Hakuto-R first Japanese lander crashes on the Moon
Hakuto-R, the Japanese private lander, probably crashed after losing contact during its descent to the lunar surface. Its mission ends prematurely
Opportunity, a story of a piece of cold metal with a warm hearth
Opportunity was a milestone in human exploration on the red planet, let's retrace his exploits over the years that saw his stay on Mars
