Friday 19 January 2024

Japanese touchdown on the Moon

 

JAXA's smart lander with its lunar surface robot SORA-Q

has successfully landed on the Moon.

Link to: "japantimes.co.jp"


25th January 2024 update: "Nose landing!"

Link to: bbc.com/news/science


Tuesday 7 November 2023

ESA prospecting for a European private space freighter service

 

   Following NASA's successful co-operation with American commercial operators

ESA are now adopting a similar approach to space freighter services

by further encouraging related European private ventures.


Link to: BBC - Europe to develop commercial space capsule


Wednesday 23 August 2023

Chandrayaan-3: a job well done !

India's lander Vikram and its rover Pragyan

have successfully reached the ground in the southern polar region of the moon.


Link to: NYtimes "What to know about India's next chapter in space" 


(https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/23/science/india-moon-landing-chandrayaan-3)

Friday 14 April 2023

Off to the giant moons, by Jove!

 Could Ganymede, Callisto or Europa

one day, in the distant future,

become our so-called "Planet B" ?

A one-way trip there takes about 8 years,

but in the very long run it might perhaps be worth it.


Link to: Natural History Museum



Wednesday 16 November 2022

ARTEMIS 1 on its way to the moon

                                         The 32-storey tall, most powerful rocket ever built so far

has successfully lifted off this morning 

on its test journey towards and around the moon.


Link to: Jonathan Amos's article for BBC Science