moon landing

The Heat Is On To Reach the $30 Million Lunar XPRIZE Finish Line

Posted in Science on 8th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

Israeli team SpaceIL has already booked a ride to the moon with SpaceX, and now the American team Moon Express has reserved its own rocket. The private moon race is on.

Russia plans manned mission to Moon and Moon base for around 2030

Posted in Science on 3rd Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

Russia is planning manned missions to the Moon that will require from 4 to 6 launches of the Angara-A5V heavy-lift carrier rocket.

Russia announces plans to send humans to the Moon in 2029

Posted in Science on 29th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

Roscomsos claim that they are currently building the spacecraft for the mission now, with its first flight into space planned for 2021.

Moon Express and Rocket Lab team up for 2017 lunar mission

Posted in Science on 6th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

The first private contract between two companies to carry out a lunar landing as part of Moon Express's attempt win the Google Lunar Xprize.

Nvidia used global illumination to prove we did land men on the moon

Posted in Software on 21st Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Conspiracy theorists have argued that the 1969 image of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder wasnt possible because Aldrin should have been in the shadow of the lander.