Back to the Moon – but why?
President Donald Trump’s call on NASA to land American astronauts on the Moon by 2024 is the latest episode in a long-running saga of making grand promises about human spaceflight.
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China Lands First Spacecraft on far side of the moon
China on Thursday became the first nation to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon with the goal of unlocking the mysteries of the lunar surface region that never faces Earth, including how the moon formed billions of years ago.
Read moreSEARCH FOR WATER ON MOON AMONG NASA’S COMMERCIAL LANDER GOALS
WASHINGTON- NASA on Thursday announced teams of companies that will compete for a $2.6 billion pot of contracts to send scientific instruments to the moon during the next decade for missions including the search for water ice on the lunar surface.
Read moreSPACE ADVISORY GROUP DEBATES NASA’S MOON PLANS
WASHINGTON- NASA has yet to convince some high-profile space community members to back its plan to assemble a space station between Earth and the moon by 2026, and to return humans to the lunar surface by 2028.
Read moreBRIDENSTINE: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP NECESSARY FOR HUMAN MISSIONS TO MOON AND MARS
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the Trump administration’s goal of landing Americans on the surface of the moon and someday Mars will require companies and international partners, because “we want to do more than even our growing budget can handle.” Full story by Tom Risen online at Aerospace America.
Read moreNASA CHIEF PLEDGES TO REMEMBER MARS WHILE SHOOTING FOR MOON
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has sought to assure advocates of a human mission to Mars that NASA is “doing both the moon and Mars in tandem” rather than focusing exclusively on the Trump administration’s more immediate goal of sending astronauts back to the moon.Full story by Tom Risen on Humans to Mars Summit available at Aerospace America
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