https://spacewatch.global/tag/nasa-deep-space-network/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 21 Dec 2023 07:00:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/nasa-deep-space-network/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/12/astrobotics-peregrine-ready-for-lunar-mission/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 07:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52922 Astrobotic announced on the 19th of December that their Peregrine lunar lander has successfully completed all integration milestones and was mated with United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket payload adapter on the 16th of November. After the three week campaign to fuel and complete final checkouts, the Peregrine spacecraft is ready to launch to the Moon on the 8th of January 2024. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/09/australian-government-commits-to-join-nasa-in-lunar-exploration-and-beyond/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 05:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16067 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his nation's intention to join the United States' Moon to Mars exploration approach, including NASA's Artemis lunar programme.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/israels-spaceil-receives-2-million-from-isa-spacex-launch-deferred-to-january-2019/ Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10860 Israel’s Space Agency (ISA) and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology announced on 10 October 2018 that they will support the Lunar projects of the SpaceIL organization with up to U.S.$2 million in funding.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/israel-and-nasa-sign-spaceil-commercial-lunar-cooperation-agreement-at-iac-bremen/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10704 NASA has signed an agreement with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) to cooperatively utilize the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL’s commercial lunar mission, expected to land on the Moon in 2019. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Bremen, Germany.]]>