Lunar Exploration News
Latest Lunar Exploration news and analysis — 8 articles tagged Lunar Exploration on The Robotics Media.
- Tropical Depression Narra Grounds China's Chang'e-7 Moon Launch, CNSA Warns Slip Could Reach 2027 — — China's ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar south pole mission was postponed after Tropical Depression Narra closed the Wenchang launch window, with Xinhua warn...
- NASA Names Bresnik, Rubio, Douglas And Parmitano To Artemis III Crew — — NASA on June 9 introduced the four-person Artemis III crew — commander Randy Bresnik, pilot Luca Parmitano of ESA, and mission specialists Andre Dougl...
- China's Tianwen-2 Set To Orbit Asteroid Kamoʻoalewa On June 7 — — After a 13-month cruise, China's first asteroid sample-return spacecraft arrives at the near-Earth quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa on Sunday, opening a year of...
- Voyager Technologies To Acquire Lunar Lander Maker Astrobotic For $300 Million — — Defense and space player Voyager Technologies will pay up to $300 million for Astrobotic, the Pittsburgh lunar lander developer behind Peregrine and t...
- NASA Awards $1B in Moon Base Contracts, Sets Artemis 3 for 2027 — — NASA unveiled the full scope of its planned lunar Moon Base and awarded around $1 billion in contracts for rovers, landers and scouting drones, while...
- Redwire Delivers MANUS Lunar Robotic Arm Prototype to ESA — — Redwire has delivered the MANUS prototype lunar robotic arm to the European Space Agency to support cargo handling, rover operations and surface tasks...
- SpaceX Launches Biggest Starship Yet on Flight 12 Test — — SpaceX launched its largest and most powerful Starship to date on Flight 12, sending the upgraded Version 3 vehicle on a suborbital test before a plan...
- NASA Engages 51,000 Students at FIRST Robotics With Lunar Technology — — NASA showcased lunar rovers and Phase Three mission technology to 51,000 students at FIRST Robotics event to inspire future space engineers.