Two images taken more than half a century apart show the first-ever U.S. flag to be planted on the moon during the July 1969 Apollo 11 mission (L), and the first-ever Chinese flag to be planted on the moon during the December 2020 Chang'e 5 mission. China became the second
Illustration from The Times - by Julian Osbladstone By Ben Spencer, Published by The Times, 5 May 2024 Start-ups from Bromley to Rotherham are joining industry giants and boosting a sector that employs 50,000 people, launching satellites and clearing debris Visitors getting off the train in Stevenage may be surprised
The Chang'e 6 lunar probe and its Long March 5 rocket: from Cosmic Curiosity By Helen Davidson, Published by The Guardian, 3 May 2024 The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030 China has launched a probe
A render depicting future ILRS infrastructure on the moon. Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Belarus joined the project in October 2023. Credit: CNSA/Roscosmos By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 24 April 2024 HELSINKI — China is on target to reach its goal of putting its astronauts on the moon before the
By Mickey Caroll, Published by Sky News, 18 April 2024 China is hiding secret military activity in space, NASA chief Bill Nelson has claimed. "We believe that a lot of their so-called civilian space programme is a military programme," he told the House Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday. "China has made
By Katherine Fidler, Published in Metro, 16 April 2024 The US is preparing for the future – by practising a military attack in space. The Space Force, the unintentionally comedic wing of the country’s military created by Donald Trump, has announced a first-of-its-kind mission to demonstrate how it might defend
The first mission of the Polaris program, Polaris Dawn, will include the first spacewalk on a commercial mission. Credit: Polaris Program By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 14 April 2024 Things are slowly falling into place for the Polaris Program‘s first mission, Polaris Dawn. The mission is nearing milestones that might
Musk envisions the first colonies to be set up on Mars within 20 years, which will grow into a city of a million people who are there for life: SpaceX By David Szondy, Published by New Atlas, 11 April 2024 Elon Musk is doubling down on his commitment to the
