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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) for astronauts to travel on the surface of the moon will be developed in a joint venture announced by Lockheed...

China launched Tianhe-1, the first and main module of a permanent orbiting space station called Tiangong (Heavenly Palace 天 宫), on April 29. Two additional science modules (Wentian and Mengtian) will follow in 2022 in a series of missions that will complete the station and allow it to start operations. While the station is not China’s first – the country has already launched two – the modular design is new. It replicates the International Space Station (ISS), from which China was excl...

Last Updated: Elon Musk Backs city On Mars, Permanent Base On Moon, Wants To Be multi-planet Species “We don’t want to be one of those single planet species, we want to be a multi-planet species,” Space X CEO Elon Musk said post Crew-2s launch. Image Credits: Pixabey/AP “We don’t want to be one of those single planet species, we want to be a multi-planet species,” Space X CEO Elon Musk said on April 23 following the launch of the Crew-2 mission. Many times in the past, the tech...

Comments Acting NASA administrator Steve Jurczyk has sought to not only land the first woman on the Moon but also the first person of colour under the Artemis programme. The Artemis III mission is expected to launch the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024. The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris Administration submitted to Congress on Friday the Presidents priorities for fiscal year 2022 discretionary spending. "The Presidents discretionary request increases NASAs ability to better understand Eart...

Tech Digest daily round up: Facebook to allow you to turn off algorithm Facebook is to allow users to turn off the algorithm powering its News Feed and control the order in which items appear amid growing calls for algorithmic transparency. The company will also provide more context on suggested content by expanding the “Why am I seeing this?” tab, as well as letting users control who can comment on their posts. It comes ahead of the first draft of the UK’s new Online Safety Bill, which...

China and Russia have announced their intention to build a new lunar research station together, launching a new era of collaboration in space between the two countries.

Japanese space expert congratulates UAE on Hope Probe’s successful journey to Mars Mon 22nd February 2021 | 06:30 PM TOKYO, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 22nd Feb, 2021) A Japanese space expert expressed his happiness at the successful journey of the Emirati Hope Probe to the orbit of Mars, hoping that it will strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the UAE and Japan in the space sector. In an exclusive statement to the correspondent of the Emirates news Agency (WAM) in ...

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Artemis Gateway orbiting the moon. (Credit: NASA) PARIS (ESA PR) — Yesterday NASA announced the names of the 18 astronauts that will support the Artemis Programme and may be assigned to lunar missions.  The Artemis team is a group of astronauts that will help pave the way for the next lunar missions including sending the first woman and next man to walk on the Moon in 2024. NASA’s administrator Jim Bridenstine said: “We are excited to share this next step in exploration – naming the...