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Russia and Europe Want a Moon Colony; Why Is NASA So Focused on Mars?

Posted in Hardware on 25th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

12 Americans have put their boots on the Moon. But NASA has no plans to send humans back. Instead, NASA will shoot straight to Mars.

Europe and Russia mission to assess Moon settlement

Posted in Science on 17th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

A lander to be sent to an unexplored area at the Moon's south pole. It will be one of a series of missions that prepares for the return of humans to the surface.

ESA astronaut drives rover from low-Earth orbit

Posted in Science on 9th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

The technology has the potential to be used in a number of roles both in space and back on Earth, possibly taking human workers out of harms way.

Lisa Pathfinder Experiment: Gravity quest set to go into orbit

Posted in Science on 5th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Lisa Pathfinder is a fundamental physics experiment that will test the technology needed to detect gravitational waves.

Moon village would host first class research

Posted in Science on 23rd Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

Europes new space chief Johann-Dietrich Werner explains his lunar ambitions in an interview with Nature.