The lander will fly to the Moon and land on its surface assuring the European autonomous access to the Moon Thales Alenia Space plays a pioneering role to enable the European autonomous access to the ...

A spacecraft which is due to be built, tested and assembled in Belfast is destined for the Moon, thanks to a new contract signed by Thales Alenia Space.

The Moon and asteroids are at the top of the mission list for a number of agencies, while others will focus on exploration to ...

The ESA is planning regular missions to the moon. The Argonaut landing vehicle is to take supplies and scientific equipment there.

Before Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind," NASA staged a series of missions that paved the way for his team's ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

As Nokia gears up to put its LTE/4G network on the Moon, it marks a milestone for telecoms and space exploration.

Recent research has focused on various aspects of lunar lander dynamics, including stability during landing, optimization of landing gear design, and innovative mechanisms for impact absorption.

The PULSAR research project, led by Belgian engineering firm Tractebel, has unveiled the conceptual design of a plutonium-238 ...

The RPS uses two Stirling engines to convert the heat generated by the decay of Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) into electricity.

Thales Alenia Space (TAS) has secured an 862 million euro contract to design and construct Argonaut, a European lander set for regular missions to the Moon ... Continue Reading → ...

The European PULSAR research project, conducted between 2022 and 2024, has disclosed the conceptual design for a plutonium-238 (Pu-238)-fuelled ...