Moon Missions
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NASA
How NASA Uses Simple Technology to Track Lunar Missions
NASA is using a simple but effective technology called Laser Retroreflective Arrays (LRAs) to determine the locations of lunar landers more accurately. They will be attached to most of the landers from United States companies as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) initiative. LRAs are inexpensive, small, and lightweight, allowing future lunar orbiters or landers to locate them on the Moon. NASA…
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NASA Defines Science Priorities for First Crewed Artemis Landing on Moon
NASA has identified the agency’s science priorities for the Artemis III mission, which will launch the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024. The priorities and a candidate set of activities are included in a new report. The Artemis III Science Definition Team, which comprises federal employees and consultants with expertise in lunar science, began meeting in September…
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Astrobotic Wins $5.7 million NASA Tipping Point Contract for Wireless Charging on the Moon
Astrobotic wins $5.7 million NASA Tipping Point contract to lead Bosch, WiBotic, the University of Washington, and the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) in developing a product line of lightweight proximity chargers. These ultrafast wireless chargers will enable critical lunar applications for both humans and robots.Though prototypes for wireless charging have existed since 2011, this magnetic resonance-based power supply system is…
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NASA Administrator Statement on Return to Moon in Next Five Years
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Tuesday’s announcement by Vice President Mike Pence, at the fifth meeting of the National Space Council, about putting American astronauts back on the Moon in the next five years: “Today, I joined leaders from across the country as Vice President Mike Pence chaired the fifth meeting of the National…
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Press Releases
New Space Policy Directive Calls for Human Expansion Across Solar System
President Donald Trump is sending astronauts back to the Moon. The president Monday signed at the White House Space Policy Directive 1, a change in national space policy that provides for a U.S.-led, integrated program with private sector partners for a human return to the Moon, followed by missions to Mars and beyond. The policy calls for the NASA administrator…
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