Rocket Lab has been selected by NASA as the launch provider for a small satellite mission to the same lunar orbit targeted for Gateway – an orbiting outpost astronauts will visit before descending to the surface of the Moon in a landing system as part of NASA’s Artemis program.
Read More »Astrobotic Applauds Lunar Leadership In NASA’s FY2021 Budget Request
Astrobotic Technology Inc. has commended the president’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for NASA, which grows funding for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program within the Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program (LDEP).
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op-Ed: The Railroad To Space
By Raphael Roettgen 50 years after humans first landed on the Moon, the space sector seems to be at an inflection point. Here is why: those land and sea landings of SpaceX’s Falcon-9 boosters (first stage rockets) surely never get old to watch, but, importantly, they also mean that a …
Read More »Europe And Russia Gear Up For Joint Luna-27 Lunar Lander
The first European device to land on the Moon this decade will be a drill and sample analysis package, and the teams behind it are one step closer to flight as part of Russia's Luna-27 mission.
Read More »NASA Announces First Commercial Moon Delivery Assignments To Advance Artemis Programme
NASA has finalized the first 16 science experiments and technology demonstrations, ranging from chemistry to communications, to be delivered to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program.
Read More »Scotland’s AAC Clyde Space Wins $575,000 U.S. Lunar Lander Power System Contract
AAC Clyde Space has been selected to supply the power system to the lunar lander mission led by the U.S. company Intuitive Machines. An engineering model and flight models will be delivered to support launch in 2021.
Read More »Firefly Aerospace Signs Launch Services Agreement With Innovative Space Logistics BV
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., a provider of economical and dependable launch vehicles, spacecraft and in-space services, announced on 21 January 2020 the execution of a Launch Services Agreement with Innovative Space Logistics BV (ISILAUNCH), a launch services subsidiary of Netherlands based ISIS - Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISISPACE).
Read More »China Prepares For Banner Year In Space
China is looking forward to 2020 being a banner year for its ambitious space programme, according to a Chinese government report released on 17 January 2020.
Read More »New Management Takes Over Germany’s PTS GmbH After Restructuring
After a successful restructuring phase the management team of Planetary Transportation Systems (PTS) now takes full responsibility for the company. The PTS executives take over the Berlin New Space company with immediate effect as part of a management buyout from the Zeitfracht Group. Zeitfracht Group saved PTS from bankruptcy in …
Read More »Macao Contributes To Chinese Space Exploration With Satellite And Research Centre
Macao's first space exploration satellite was named Macao Science 1, the special administrative region (SAR)'s Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Tam Chon Weng announced Sunday at an opening ceremony of an aerospace exhibition.
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