Moon Village Opens at La Biennale Architettura 2021
“Life Beyond Earth”, a powerful new installation that brings to life Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the European Space Agency’s concept of a Moon Village, launched at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The installation transports…
Turning science fiction into reality: OHB and Thales Alenia Space sign contract for refuelling system for Lunar Gateway
Bremen, 25 May 2021. OHB System AG, a subsidiary of the European space and technology group OHB SE, and Thales Alenia Space, prime contractor for the programme, have now taken a further step in the realisation of the ESPRIT module (European…
Lockheed Martin, General Motors Team-Up To Develop Next-Generation Lunar Rover For NASA Artemis Astronauts To Explore The Moon
DENVER, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and General Motors Co. [NYSE: GM] are teaming up to develop the next generation of lunar vehicles to transport astronauts on the surface of the Moon, fundamentally evolving and expanding humanity’s deep-space…
Global Space Markets Challenge
The Global Space Markets Challenge is a new competition launched by ESA with the operational and technical support of EURISY, a European non-profit association of over 15 national space agencies and other organisations involved in space activities. The Global Space Markets…
SSTL Lunar to Lead Consortium for ESA Moonlight
GUILDFORD, UK (Surrey Satellite PR) — Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead a Phase A/B1 Study under ESA’s Moonlight initiative that will shape the service provision and infrastructure to provide…
A data center on the Moon
A data center could be built on the Moon before the end of the decade as part of an international effort to develop a permanent base on our nearest neighbor. As part of the wider NASA Artemis Moon program, Italian…
JAXA trials very remote control machinery
Japan’s space agency and a major construction firm say they have come up with a way to operate machinery from far away. Their ultimate aim is to build a base on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA,…
Invitation to Tender, Space Resources
Introduction The future of space exploration depends on humanity’s ability to extract resources in space. In-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) will be key to supplying future explorers with food, shelter, energy, water and air. While ISRU is a futuristic concept, it…
DLR to Land Radiation Instrument on the Moon with Astrobotic
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) joins a mission with Astrobotic to land a special German-built instrument on the Moon onboard Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander in 2021. DLR will send this radiation detector to measure key radiation data on the flight…