https://spacewatch.global/tag/lunar-missions/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/lunar-missions/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/spacewatchgl-opinion-moonrise-or-moonfall-assessing-lunar-policy-trends-and-futures-in-a-changing-landscape/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62655 Written by Sam Jardine and Dr. Antonino Salmeri

With six lunar missions launched this year - the most since 1969 - it is clear the Moon is no longer a distant prospect. Our closest celestial neighborhood is fastly becoming a multi-faceted and politically complex arena for human activity, hopefully collaborative, potentially contested. To capture key trends in 2024, at the Lunar Policy Platform we have surveyed of lunar stakeholders from across the globe in private, public, scientific, and academic spheres. Based on the feedback received, and our own expert assessment, we found three key trends for lunar policy have emerged from 2024: ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/spacewatchgl-geopolitics-china-and-the-moon/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54105 What is China's position on space resource activities? The following is a commentary on the Chinese approach following its submission to the Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities of the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/nasa-to-aid-new-space-technology-development-with-us-200-million/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39383 NASA announced two opportunities to partner with the agency and help companies finalise the development of their technologies that could potentially be used for space exploration. NASA’s ongoing program, Tipping Point, supports space technologies that can advance commercial space capabilities and benefit future agency missions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/03/for-all-moonkind-launches-historic-moon-registry/ Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31103&preview=true&preview_id=31103 For All Moonkind launches historic Moon Registry ]]>