John Mankins at TEDxLagunaBlancaSchool, Why Return to the Moon?

A former NASA physicist known for his work on space-based solar power, John Mankins explores the possibilities of living on the moon. Today he serves as the vice president of the Moon Village Association, an NGO with the goal of…
MVA Press Release distributed at STSC COPUOS, 56th session

Vienna, Austria – (February 6, 2019) The Moon Village Association (MVA) was registered, as an NGO, in Vienna in November 2017. Through the participation in the MVA of about 200 individuals and 22 organizations in 33 countries, the major 2018…
MVA joins debate on CGTN about Chang’E 4 importance for the future of lunar exploration

Chang’e 4 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission that achieved the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019. An ancient collision event on the Moon left behind a very large crater, called the…
Dialogue with Yang Rui and John C. Mankins about Chang’E 4

Chang’e 4 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission that achieved the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019. An ancient collision event on the Moon left behind a very large crater, called the…
IAC Bremen, Creating the Moon Village: First Results from the Drawing Board

Two Moons Are Better than One. The Moon Village Association and For All Moonkind Announce Partnership

The Moon Village Association and For All Moonkind have announced a new agreement to enhance and expand cooperative efforts to explore and utilize outer space and establish a human community on the Moon.
Consultation on the Moon Village Association Principles

Join the first step in implementing the Moon Village.
Winning entries for NewSpace2060 International Moon Pitch competition

Launched at UNISPACE50+, the NewSpace2060 International Moon Pitch competition received over the course of 4 months, 30+ entries from about 15 countries sponsored by RSTArches, SpaceBit and SpaceChain.
Watch the recordings from The 2nd International Moon Village Workshop & Symposium

The 2nd International Moon Village Workshop & Symposium took place on November 04-05, 2018 in Southern California. The workshop, organized by the Moon Village Association (MVA), in cooperation with the University of Southern California (USC) and the National Space…