Identifying Challenges along the Lunar ISRU Value Chain
The European Space Agency (ESA), in partnership with the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) in Luxembourg, is seeking input to define its forward Challenge-Driven Innovation strategic roadmap aiming to develop novel solutions enabling the use of space resources and…
UK Space Agency backs Rolls-Royce nuclear power for Moon exploration
Scientists and engineers at Rolls-Royce are working on the Micro-Reactor programme to develop technology that will provide power needed for humans to live and work on the Moon. All space missions depend on a power source, to support systems for…
Land your idea, Lunar Science Rideshare (Luna Ride)
Announcing a global collaboration for lunar surface exploration. This mission is made possible through integration of payloads by ASU + MILO on the Lockheed Martin Lunar Mobility Vehicle.
ICON Wins NASA Contract for Lunar 3D Printing
Within a decade, a startup known for building cheap 3D-printed houses on Earth is hoping to bring the materials cost for building structures on the lunar surface down to zero. Austin-based ICON said this morning that it won a $57.2M…
ESA ground stations to support first commercial Moon landing
Mission 1 is the first mission of the HAKUTO-R lunar exploration programme from the company ispace, based in Tokyo, Japan, with offices in Luxembourg and the US. It will be launched into a low-energy transfer orbit by a SpaceX Falcon…
China outlines pathway for lunar and deep space exploration
HELSINKI — China has laid out its pathway for robotic and crewed lunar and deep space exploration, with a number of missions building towards a permanent moon base. Three upcoming robotic missions will set in place landers, orbiters, relay satellites…
Artemis: the Fucino Space Centre is ready to contribute to the return to the Moon
Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre and the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana or ASI) will support tracking of NASA’s Artemis I mission taking the Orion capsule around the Moon. At Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre, BTS-1 and BTS-2 antennas are ready to…
Canadensys Aerospace Awarded CSA Lunar Rover Contract
(Toronto, Ontario – Monday, November 14, 2022) Canadensys Aerospace is pleased to announce it has received a contract from the Government of Canada to design and build Canada’s first lunar rover. Initiated under the Canadian Space Agency’s Lunar Exploration Accelerator…
KSAT’s lunar ground network presented during Space Week
KSAT is expanding its offering to include commercial lunar communication services through a dedicated network of 20m-class antennas. Only limited by lead time in the supply chain, in the next 2-3 years KSAT will develop the first independent antenna network…
Axiom Space wins NASA Task Order to Build Next Generation Spacesuits for Artemis III
(HOUSTON, 7 of September 2022) – Commercial space leader Axiom Space today announced it has been awarded the first task order of NASA’s Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) Contract. Under the terms of the task order, which has a base value of $228.5 million, the…