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CAPSTONE forges new path for NASA's future Artemis lunar mission
Nov 23, 2022 (SPX)
The spacecraft now is in the operational phase of its pathfinding mission, during which it will test an orbit key to future Artemis missions and demonstrate new...
Advanced Space leads first ever commercial mission to operate at the moon
Nov 23, 2022 (SPX)
Now that history has been made, the small spacecraft is ready to begin operations for NASA in support of the Artemis program. This milestone also marks the begi...
Artemis powering past the Moon
Nov 23, 2022 (ESA)
After liftoff at 07:47 CET (06:47 GMT, 01:47 local time) on 16 November, the European Service Module unfolded its 7-m solar wings to start generating electricit...
Orion performs first Lunar flyby with closest outbound approach
Nov 22, 2022 (SPX)
Orion completed the outbound powered flyby at 6:44 a.m., passing about 81 miles above the surface at 6:57 a.m. The spacecraft speed increased from 2,128 mph bef...
Advanced Space awarded contract to deliver AFRL's mission to the Moon
Nov 21, 2022 (SPX)
Oracle will demonstrate space situational awareness, object detection and tracking in the regions around the Moon. Advanced Space is the prime contractor for Or...
NASA Moon mission 'exceeding' expectations
Nov 19, 2022 (AFP)
The spacecraft is to take astronauts to the Moon in the coming years -- the first to set foot on its surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972. This first t...
iSpace reaches agreement with Mitsui Sumitomo to become first user of commercial lunar insurance
Nov 18, 2022 (SPX)
The agreement marks the establishment of the world's first comprehensive lunar insurance program, offered by Mitsui Sumitomo, to cover risks associated with lun...
ispace Announces Mission 1 Launch Date
Nov 18, 2022 (SPX)
In addition to the launch date announcement, ispace unveiled 10 mission milestones, the landing site for its M1 mission, its seventh payload and the HAKUTO-R co...
NASA, Japan announce Gateway contributions, Space Station extension
Nov 18, 2022 (SPX)
Under the Gateway Implementing Arrangement, NASA will provide an opportunity for a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut to serve as a Gateway cre...
Humanity to go back to the moon. Ukrainian contribution to the space science
Nov 18, 2022 (SPX)
Yuri Kondratiuk's concept of the Moon landing Yuri Kondratiuk is the author of the first known lunar orbit rendezvous - the concept of landing spacecraft on the...
Looking to Artemis I for a return to the moon
Nov 17, 2022 (SPX)
The first of several missions, Artemis I will pave the way for subsequent missions with the ultimate goal of establishing the first long-term human-robotic pres...
LunIR joins CAPSTONE as 2nd Terran built Lunar satellite to launch this year
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
The Lunar Infrared imaging spacecraft, also known as LunIR, launched this morning along with the Orion capsule atop NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) from the Ke...
Rocket Lab-launched CAPSTONE enters Lunar orbit
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
CAPSTONE is owned and operated by Advanced Space; CAPSTONE's primary mission is to test a unique, elongated lunar orbit, formally known as near-rectilinear halo...
LunaTwins on board Artemis I and on route to the Moon
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
On board are the #LunaTwins of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). The two astronaut phantoms, Helga and Zohar, of the...
PickNik Robotics and CisLunar Industries to Collaborate on In-Space Metal Processing
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
Workflows will include the dismantling, manipulation, transport, and transfer of simulated or actual metal debris into pieces of appropriate size and shape to b...
ASU microsat will be launched as part of NASA'S Artemis 1 mission
Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)
NASA's Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or LunaH-Map, was designed by ASU researchers and is the first ASU-led NASA mission. The small satellite, about the size of ...
NASA returning to the Moon with mega rocket launch
Nov 15, 2022 (AFP)
After two failed attempts, NASA plans to launch its new mega Moon rocket early Wednesday from Florida, less than a week after the massive machine withstood a hu...
To the Moon and beyond: NASA's Artemis program
Nov 15, 2022 (AFP)
Twelve men walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972 and one of the goals of Artemis is to put the first woman and person of color on the lunar surface. The firs...
The road to the Moon
Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)
For Artusio, the moment a programme transitions to its assembly, integration and test (AIT) phase is: "When engineers' dreams leave their hands and begin to bec...
Beyond Gravity passes CDR for critical mechanism for NASA's Gateway
Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)
NASA contracted Maxar, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, to manufacture the PPE, which will provide Gate...
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