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On 9 March 2021, China and Russia signed a “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation Regarding Cooperation for the Construction of the International Lunar Research Station.” [14] On 16 June 2021, Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) held a joint session in St. Petersburg ...
China intends to launch the Chang'e 8 mission as part of its plan to construct the International Lunar Research Station during the 2030s. Chang'e 8 will follow in the footsteps of the Chang'e 7 mission, planned for 2026, and continue the latter mission's physical investigation of the lunar south pole region while pursuing new experiments such as in-situ resource utilization, which may include ...
Blue Ghost Mission 1 is a robotic Moon landing mission conducted by Firefly Aerospace, launched on January 15, 2025.As part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, the mission aims to deliver ten scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to support future human exploration of the Moon under the broader Artemis program.
In August 2021, Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX to launch its third lunar mission, IM-3. [3] As of August 2024, the launch of IM-3 is expected to take place no earlier than October 2025. [ 4 ] The lander will conduct experiments investigating the properties of the unexpected magnetic field that has been detected in the vicinity of the Reiner ...
China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, the first country to make such an ambitious attempt. The ...
Hakuto-R Mission 2 is a robotic lunar landing mission launched on 15 January 2025 at 06:11:39 UTC (1:11:39 am EST, local time at the launch site).Developed by ispace, the lander will deliver a new micro rover manufactured by the company, as well as other payloads.
The dearMoon project was a proposed lunar tourism mission conceived and financed by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.It would have seen Maezawa and eight civilian artists fly a circumlunar trajectory around the Moon aboard a SpaceX Starship spacecraft.
Several concepts for the initial habitation module of a lunar orbital outpost had been developed under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships 2 (NextSTEP-2) program. [10] With the 2024 goal set by the Trump administration , NASA acknowledged it needed to leverage this program in order to meet the timelines set. [ 10 ]