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Europe and Russia mission to assess Moon settlement

Posted in Science on 17th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

A lander to be sent to an unexplored area at the Moon's south pole. It will be one of a series of missions that prepares for the return of humans to the surface.

ESA astronaut drives rover from low-Earth orbit

Posted in Science on 9th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

The technology has the potential to be used in a number of roles both in space and back on Earth, possibly taking human workers out of harms way.

Lisa Pathfinder Experiment: Gravity quest set to go into orbit

Posted in Science on 5th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Lisa Pathfinder is a fundamental physics experiment that will test the technology needed to detect gravitational waves.

Moon village would host first class research

Posted in Science on 23rd Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

Europes new space chief Johann-Dietrich Werner explains his lunar ambitions in an interview with Nature.

Should the European Space Agency build a colony on the far side of the Moon?

Posted in Science on 14th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

The new head of the European Space Agency has a plan, for humanity to build a 'village on the Moon'.