https://spacewatch.global/tag/the-moon/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:45:57 +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/the-moon/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/xplore-to-host-space-for-humanity-payload-on-its-first-moon-mission/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 05:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23295 Xplore Inc., a commercial space company providing Space as a Service TM today announced on 3 June 2020 that space industry leader Dylan Taylor plans to reserve payload space on Xplore's first mission beyond Earth orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/nasa-awards-northrop-grumman-artemis-contract-for-gateway-crew-cabin/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 05:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23287 NASA has finalized the contract for the initial crew module of the agency’s Gateway lunar orbiting outpost.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/roscosmos-chief-touts-role-of-proposed-russian-orbital-station/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23142 Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos, has said that Russia is designing a new “orbital” station where crews will build deep space probes to explore the Solar System.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/lunapolitics-russia-and-china-mull-lunar-base-cooperation/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23144 Russia and China are currently in talks to pool their resources for joint lunar operations, according to several Russian and international news media sources.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/spacewatchgl-opinion-five-thoughts-on-the-artemis-accords-and-another-one-for-israel/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 13:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23165 Last week, NASA released "The Artemis Accords: Principles for a Safe, Peaceful and Prosperous Future." The aim of the Artemis program, according to NASA, is to "[L]and the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, heralding in a new era for space exploration and utilization". I read the short, concise document that NASA  published with a great deal of interest, and a number of thoughts about international technology, economics, and politics came to mind.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/esa-seeks-ideas-for-exploring-the-moon-with-a-large-european-lander/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 05:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23035 The European Space Agency (ESA) is asking "What would you do with a large European lander on the Moon?"]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-feature-the-space-law-context-of-the-artemis-accords-part-2/ Thu, 28 May 2020 13:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22931 As mentioned in Part One of this article, international space law is a modest, open regime, subject to expansion and clarification. At the international multilateral level, various UN treaties on space done after the Outer Space Treaty expand on various articles of that treaty.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/airbus-wins-esa-contract-to-construct-third-european-service-module-for-nasas-orion-spacecraft/ Thu, 28 May 2020 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22942 The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on 26 May 2020 that it has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of the third European Service Module (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft. The contract is worth around €250 million.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-feature-the-space-law-context-of-the-artemis-accords-part-1/ Wed, 27 May 2020 11:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22929 On 15 May 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gave the first public presentation of the Artemis Accords, a NASA initiative to develop consistent and effective norms for the Artemis Program lunar missions to be conducted in partnership with space agencies around the world. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/swgl-republish-moon-junk-responsible-management-of-lunar-orbital-debris/ Thu, 21 May 2020 13:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22727 We have much to gain by making the Moon humankind's next destination. We can practice living and working on another world, operate autonomous machines from great distances, and utilize the natural local resources.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-russias-roscosmos-signals-openness-to-us-proposed-artemis-accords/ Thu, 21 May 2020 05:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22712 A senior official from the Russian state space corporation, Roscosmos, has indicated that Russia is open to discussions with the United States regarding Russia’s role in the Artemis lunar programme – in particular the Lunar Gateway mission – within the framework of NASA’s proposed Artemis Accords.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-the-artemis-accords-on-bringing-safety-zones-to-the-moon-and-some-expectations/ Tue, 19 May 2020 11:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22665 Written by Dr. Merve Erdem Burger

It was reported by Reuters on 5 May 2020 that the Trump administration is working on drafting an international agreement regarding mining on the Moon, to be known as the Artemis Accords]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-nasa-releases-more-details-about-its-proposed-artemis-accords/ Tue, 19 May 2020 05:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22647 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatch-gl-opinion-lunapolitics-or-lunapolitik-the-choice-is-ours/ Sun, 10 May 2020 09:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22321 More than fifty years after the first Apollo Moon landings, we are witnessing the rise of Lunapolitics, where the Moon’s topography - or ‘Lunography’ - from below its surface through to Cislunar space intersects with Earthly political and economic interests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/chinas-space-double-whammy-successful-long-march-5b-launches-new-capsule-for-human-spaceflight/ Thu, 07 May 2020 05:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22248 China scored a space double whammy on 5 May 2020 when its successfully launched its heavy Long March 5B launch vehicle carrying a new capsule designed for crewed missions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-u-s-to-propose-artemis-accords-to-govern-moon-mining-operations/ Thu, 07 May 2020 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22256 Following the executive order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources signed by President Donald J. Trump on 6 April 2020, it has been reported by Reuters on 5 May 2020 that the United States is drafting principles it proposes can govern mining and other resource extraction operations on the Moon it calls the ‘Artemis Accords’.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/nasa-names-companies-to-develop-human-landers-for-artemis-moon-missions/ Mon, 04 May 2020 05:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22118 NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency’s Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable human exploration of the Moon for the first time in history.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-interview-dr-scott-pace-on-the-u-s-space-resources-executive-order/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22023 On 6 April 2020, US President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/nasa-cubesat-will-shine-a-laser-light-on-the-moons-darkest-craters/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 05:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22003 As astronauts explore the Moon during the Artemis program, they may need to make use of the resources that already exist on the lunar surface.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-perspective-on-us-space-resources-executive-order-christopher-johnson-on-how-the-u-s-seeks-to-be-a-pioneer-in-space-resources-norm-development/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21746 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]>