Solstar Space (Solstar) has been awarded a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $150,000 to develop a next-generation Lunar Wi-Fi Access Point (LWIFI-AP) to support […]
Lunar Services
Impulse Space unveils proposed mission architecture to deliver more mass to the lunar surface
Impulse Space has unveiled a proposed mission architecture for delivering multiple tons of cargo to the Moon in the near term—the plan combines Impulse’s existing Helios kick stage and a […]
Blue Origin’s major milestone toward permanent + sustainable lunar infrastructure
Blue Origin has revealed that the company’s in-space resource utilization system, Blue Alchemist, has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR), marking a transformative milestone toward humanity’s permanent expansion beyond […]
Thales Alenia Space Italy to develop the first lunar human outpost with ASI
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to perform the preliminary design phase, including development […]
NASA acquires GPS signals on the Moon
NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3rd when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals […]
JAXA’s SLIM ending lunar services
The Japanese moon lander, SLIM, will cease all lunar surface services shortly after contact attempts by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), now the fifth country to have successfully landed […]