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Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) is a NASA program to hire companies to send small robotic landers and rovers to the Moon.Most landing sites are near the lunar south pole [1] [2] where they will scout for lunar resources, test in situ resource utilization (ISRU) concepts, and perform lunar science to support the Artemis lunar program.
NASA is inviting people to send their names to the Moon aboard its first-ever robotic lunar rover, VIPER. Here's how you can get involved.
Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander stands more than 6 feet tall and nearly 12 feet wide. Powered by three solar panels, the spacecraft is designed to stick the landing when it makes it to the moon ...
The president signed an order "to lead an innovative space exploration program to send American astronauts back to the Moon, and eventually Mars." Trump wants to send U.S. astronauts back to moon ...
A trans-lunar injection (TLI) is a propulsive maneuver, which is used to send a spacecraft to the Moon. Typical lunar transfer trajectories approximate Hohmann transfers , although low-energy transfers have also been used in some cases, as with the Hiten probe. [ 1 ]
On March 26, 2019, Vice President Mike Pence announced that NASA's Moon landing goal would be accelerated by four years with a planned landing in 2024. [29] On May 16, 2019, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that the new program would be named Artemis, after the goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology who is the twin sister of Apollo.
There’s an ongoing international effort to keep time accurately on the moon. And it’s not just about creating a “lunar time zone.” Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon ...
(Able I) [4] Pioneer 0: 17 August 1958: Thor DM-18 Able I [4] USAF: Orbiter: Launch failure First attempted launch beyond Earth orbit; failed to orbit due to turbopump gearbox malfunction resulting in first-stage explosion. [4] Reached apogee of 16 kilometres (10 mi). [5] 2: Luna E-1 No.1: Luna E-1 No.1: 23 September 1958: Luna: OKB-1: Impactor ...