Category Archives: ILOA

Friday / 13 Nov 2020

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Intuitive Machines Leads Missions Intent On Moon Race Long Game

USA Newspace Company Intuitive Machines Set For
Oct 2021 IM-1 Launch; 100-kg Payload Capacity Nova-C Built With US$77M CLPS Award Aims To Reach Vallis Schröteri Carrying 5 NASA Payloads: ROLSES, SCALPSS, LN-1, NDL, LRA; Multiple Independent Payloads: Embry-Riddle To Capture Landing With ‘Eagle Cam’ Deploying Prior To NOVA-C Touchdown; International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA Hawai’i) To Place Precursor Instrument ILO-X, Catch First Light Image Of MWG Center; Spacebit UK Sending 0.5U Micro Rover; IM To Follow With $47M NASA PRIME-1 Suite, 4G Communications Build-out Via ‘Lunar Hopper’ With Nokia In Late 2022

 

Credits: IM

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Fri-Mon / 18-21 Sep 2020

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ILOA Hawai’i Successfully Conducts Antipodal Galaxy Forum Europe 2020 September 18 In Vienna

1st Hybrid ILOA Galaxy Forum Half-Way Around World On “Astronomy From The Moon”; 99th Galaxy Forum Overall Since July 2008 Start; Featuring IAF / DLR Leader Pascale Ehrenfreund, Lunar Scientist Ian Crawford; Co-Hosted With ESA Investigator / ILEWG Director Bernard Foing And University Of Vienna Extragalactic Astrophysics Professor Bodo Ziegler; Projection Of Forum Across Vast Distance A Precursor For Earth-Moon Communication; Possible IAF / IAU Working Collaboration May Advance International Lunar Observatories; ILOA Director Steve Durst Closing Comments Invoke Apollo 11 Plaque “In Peace For All” And Truism “Single Planet Species Don’t Last”

Credits: ILOA, Galaxy Forum, Puli Space, SARAO

Tuesday / 3 March 2020

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  Galaxy Forum Southeast Asia 2020 In Chiang Mai Leading Towards SEA Regional Presence On Moon

International Lunar Observatory Association And National Astronomical Research Institute Of Thailand Hosts Galaxy Forum Southeast Asia 2020 With Theme Of Astronomy From The Moon At Princess Sirindhorn AstroPark In Chiang Mai – Support Base For Largest Thailand Observatory At Doi Inthanon; Opening Remarks Will Be Given By Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chaki Sirindhorn, Known As “Princess Of Astronomy” For Her Contributions; Southeast Asia Could Become One Of First Regions To Conduct Astronomy From The Moon Via Potential Principal Operating Partnership Constructs

Credits: Princess Sirindhorn AstroPark, ILOA

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Fri-Mon / 14-17 Feb 2020

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New Race To Moon South Pole – Malapert Mountain

Multiple Nations And Commercial Enterprises Aiming For Lunar South Polar Region; Following CNSA Chang’e-5 Sample Return In 2020, Chang’e-6 And Chang’e-7 Will Explore South Pole; ISRO Chandrayaan-3, -4 and -5 Will Continue Polar Landing Goal Of Chandrayaan-2; SpaceX Promises Lunar Landings By 2022; NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services May Carry Payloads Such As The International Lunar Observatory ILO-1 For Galaxy Imaging And Broadcasting From Malapert Mountain, One Of The Most Important And Valuable Sites In Solar System

Credits: NASA, CNSA, ISRO, SpaceX, ILOA

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Fri-Mon / 13-16 Dec 2019

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Moon Village Association Awards Chang’e-4 And Emphasizes International Cooperation

3rd International Moon Village Association Workshop And Symposium Held 5-8 Dec In Japan; MVA President Giuseppe Reibaldi (L) Awards ‘Moon Village Principles – Mission Prize’ To Chang’e-4 And Chief Designer Wu Weiren (R); Astronaut Koichi Wakata Of JAXA Talks About ISS Cooperation And The Moon; MVA And Other Presenters Will Be Advancing International Human Moon Landings And Astronomy From The Moon At ILOA Galaxy Forum Hainan 2020 China On 25-28 Feb

Credits: Moon Village Association

Friday / 6 December 2019

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Japan Women Astronauts Among Those Working Towards First Women On The Moon Reality

As 3rd International Moon Village Workshop & Symposium Heads Into Second Day Advancing Interglobal Prospects For First Women, Astronomy And Community On The Moon; Chiaki Mukai (L) And Naoko Yamazaki Among Participants; ILOA-MVA Collaboration Highlights 21st Century Significance Of Women On The Moon With 2019 Essay Contest (Submissions Due 15 Dec); ILOA Galaxy Forum Hainan 2020 China, Cosponsored By MVA, Furthering International – China, Europe, USA, India, Russia, Japan, Korea, Canada, SEA – Moon Build-Out And Astrophysics Effort

Credits: MVA, JAXA, JSF, KU, TUS, XTEND

Thursday / 5 December 2019

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3rd International Moon Village Workshop & Symposium Starts In Tokyo, Japan

2019 Annual Meeting Of MVA, Running 5-8 Dec, To Feature Details Of Proposed ‘Olympic Games On The Moon’ Which Will Offer “Demonstrative Pilot Case Of Earth-based Activities That Can Be Carried Over Onto The Moon”, According To MVA President Giuseppe Reibaldi, Given By Makoto Arai Of Dentsu Inc; Director Of ISRO Space Science Program Office Parameswaran Sreekumar (R) To Present On Indian Lunar Program; CNSA Chief Designer Weiren Wu (L) To Speak On Chinese Lunar Program; ILOA Director Steve Durst To Update On 5 Moon Missions And Women On The Moon Initiative; Workshop Sessions Can Be Viewed Live

Credits: MVA, CNSA, ISRO

Monday / 1 July 2019

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ILOA Request For Information: To Land ILO-2, As Backup For ILO-1, On Malapert Mt Or Shackleton Rim, Asap

International Lunar Observatory Association Requesting Information From Potential Lunar Lander Payload Providers To Deliver ILO-1 Instrument And / Or ILO-2 Backup To Malapert Mountain Near Moon South Pole As Early As 2021; ILO-1 Instruments Are Being Developed With Canadensys Aerospace Corporation To Perform Astronomy From The Moon, Observations And Communications; Flight-Ready ~1 Kg Instrument May Be Delivered As Primary Or Co-Payload; Entities With Active Interest In South Pole Include Canada, India, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, Japan, Korea, South America, Africa, Crescent Moon Countries, USA And Many Independent Enterprises

Credits: NASA, ILOA

Tuesday / 16 Apr 2019

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ILOA-NAOC Sign MoU For Chang’e-3 LUT Data Processing To Advance Astronomy From The Moon 

In Beijing, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Sign Memorandum Of Understanding With International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) For Co-Sponsorship Of 2-Year Research Fellow To Process & Publish Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope Data; 150-mm Aperture LUT Operational On Chang’e-3 At Mare Imbrium Can Image Galaxies, Quasars And Stars In Near-Ultraviolet 245-340 Nanometer Band; Accepting Post-Doctoral Fellowship Applications Beginning This Week; Latest Lunar Astronomy Instrument ‘Netherlands-China Low-Frequency Explorer (NCLE)’ Aboard Chang’e-4 Queqiao Orbiter At L2 Is Active

Credits: ILOA, NAOC-CAS, CNSA

Friday / 29 Mar 2019

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Lunar Base Radio Astronomy From Far Side And South Pole

Radio Observation From Lunar Far Side, Sheltered From Earthly Radio Noise, Continues To Be International Astronomy Goal; Netherlands-China Low-Frequency Explorer (NCLE) With Three 5-meter Radio Antennae Near Earth-Moon L2 Point Above Lunar Far Side Will Begin Operation In April When Chang’e-4 Lander At Statio Tianhe (Milky Way) Base Finishes Primary Mission; Lunar South Pole Is Goal Of Both USA And International Lunar Observatory Association; ILO-1 Antenna Dish Will Be On ~5-km Malapert Mountain

Credits: ILOA, NAOC, NASA