Artemis Accords – Spaceflight Now

January 27, 2022

Breaking News

[ January 26, 2022 ] SpaceX ready to launch Italian radar remote sensing satellite Mission Reports
[ January 25, 2022 ] Photos: Atlas 5 rocket flies on ULA’s first mission of 2022 Atlas 5
[ January 24, 2022 ] Webb reaches orbital destination a million miles from Earth Mission Reports
[ January 23, 2022 ] Cargo Dragon capsule departs space station Mission Reports
[ January 22, 2022 ] Astra fires up rocket for first time at Cape Canaveral Mission Reports

Russia’s space agency unlikely to join NASA-led lunar program

October 14, 2020

The head of the Russian space agency said this week that the the Gateway mini-space station NASA plans to build around the moon is “too U.S.-centric” and added that Russia unlikely to significantly contribute to the project.

NASA challenges companies to mine lunar soil

September 11, 2020

NASA announced Thursday it plans to purchase lunar soil from a commercial company, an effort the agency’s top official said is intended to set a precedent for the transfer of ownership of extraterrestrial material and stimulate a market harvesting resources from bodies throughout the solar system.