The Trump administration asked Congress on Monday to increase NASA spending next year by an extra $1.6 billion as a “down payment” to accommodate the accelerated goal of returning Americans to the surface of the moon by 2024.
Israel’s dreams of a lunar landing will have to wait a little longer.
We’ll need more money, more time, or both.
China has released hundreds of images of the moon, taken by its Chang’e 3 lander and its companion rover, Yutu. It’s been 50 years since the first lunar photos were taken by astronauts on NASA’s Apollo 11 mission. China is the third nation to land on the Moon, with the USA and the USSR preceding them.
Image shows part of Beresheet spacecraft with Earth in background
An Israeli moon lander just took to the skies, but we’ll all have to wait nearly two months for its historic touchdown try.
Attempt to become fourth country to send spacecraft to the surface blasts off this week
Fifty years after Neil Armstrong’s historic step, robots from China, India, Israel, the US and elsewhere are heading back.
The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China’s Chang’e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for a lunar base.
The rover is the first to land on the dark side of the moon.
