moon mission

Nasa invites bids from firms to build lunar lander for 2024 mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 5, 2019
Artemis project aims to create a ‘sustained’ human presence on the moon by 2028

By David Aragorn
NASA plays Where’s Waldo? with India’s crashed Moon lander 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 28, 2019
You’d think spotting a crashed lander on the surface of the Moon would be easier, but NASA is discovering that the hunt can be trickier than you might expect. Searches for India’s Chandrayaan-2 lander, Vikram, have turned up empty-handed so far, with the failed mission so far escaping the high-resolution eye of NASA’s lunar satellites.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s $30 billion Artemis missions will attempt to set up a moon base 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 27, 2019
NASA announced its returned mission to the moon by 2024, titled Artemis it will cost an estimated $20-$30 billion.

By David Aragorn
India’s first attempt to land on the moon appears to have failed 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 26, 2019
The Vikram lander likely crashed onto the lunar surface on September 6

By David Aragorn
NASA Faces Political Roadblock in Getting to Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 25, 2019
NASA faces an uphill battle to sell its lunar initiative to Congress, and agency administrator Jim Bridenstine is lobbying hard for funding for the Artemis program, reports The Washington Post.

By David Aragorn
NASA and Lockheed Martin Finalize $2.7 Billion Contract Towards Lunar Expedition 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 25, 2019
NASA has just signed off on the production of six Orion spacecraft.

By David Aragorn
Putting Astronauts on the Moon in 2024 Is a Tall Order, NASA Says 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2019
But nobody said it was supposed to be easy.

By David Aragorn
NASA Places Final Parts on Its Space Launch System Due to Send a Rocket to the Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2019
This will be NASA’s first moon landing since Apollo 11.

By David Aragorn
NASA couldn’t find India’s crashed Moon lander, and hope is fading fast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 20, 2019
It’s now been nearly two full weeks since India’s lunar lander, Chandrayaan-2, went quiet moments before what was supposed to be a soft landing on the Moon.

By David Aragorn
NASA lunar orbiter to image Chandrayaan 2 landing site next week 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 14, 2019
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will try to locate India’s Vikram lander on the moon during a flyover of the landing site Tuesday. Indian space officials said they found the disabled spacecraft on the moon using the country’s own Chandrayaan 2 orbiter, but declined to release any images.

By David Aragorn