Tuesday / 6 October 2015

Moonspike Endeavor Reflects Growing International, Global Urgency To ‘Touch The Moon’

MoonspikeNewSpace Enterprise To Send Full Scale Rocket To Moon & Embed 1 Gram Payload ‘Moonspike’ Into Lunar Surface Developed Entirely With Private Funding; Founded By Kristian von Bengtson (L) Of Denmark & Chris Larmour (R), Primary Goal Is To Build Full Scale Rockets Capable Of Performing Moon Missions; Mission Will Consist Of 4 Stages: Launch, Orbit & Transit, Course Corrections As Needed, Landing At High Speed To Embed Moonspike; Other Moon Initiatives From India, Japan & China With Current On-Going & Near-Term Projections Corroborate International Desire To Return To Moon; USA Shackleton Energy Company Considering Near-Term Precursor Mission & Moon Express GLXP Launch Possible For 2017

Credit: Moonspike, Kristian von Bengtson

Thursday / 24 September 2015

Canada Space Sector Innovating Strategies For Lunar Exploration

9242015 Lunar Night Survival Technologies Being Advanced By Canadensys With Endorsement Of ILOA Evaluating Extreme Moon Surface Temperature Variations From ~50°C In Sunlight To -230°C In Permanently Shadow Areas; Goal Is To Develop Alternative Non-Radioactive Heat Source For Missions Such As ILO-1 Moon South Pole Obervatory; Canadian Space Agency Performing Training & Field Work, Analyzing Data Of Lunar Geology Simulations From Arctic Analog To Aid In Future Moon, Mars, Asteroid Missions

Credit: CSA ACS, Canadensys, NASA, ILOA

Wednesday / 16 September 2015

Florida Coast Attracts More NewSpace Enterprises

9162015Moon Express (ME) Positioning At Florida Kennedy Space Center Promotes Opportunity & More Launch Possibilities To Advance Moon / Deep Space Accessibility; Blue Origin Jeff Bezos (TR) Reveals Use Of Launch Complex 36 For Building & Operations, States “We’ll Be Launching From Here Later This Decade”; ME Continuing Developments With NASA Lunar CATALYST On MX-1 For GLXP; ME Bob Richards (TL) Comments That “Entrepreneurial Innovations…Will Expand Our Sphere Of Influence, To The Moon, The Asteroids – And Beyond”

Credit: Moon Express, NASA, Blue Origin, U.S. Air Force

Thursday / 27 August 2015

ASU CubeSat May Lead Moon South Pole Water / Ice Search

8272015 Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map) CubeSat Is A Candidate To Launch On NASA SLS Exploration Mission-1, Would Be ASU First Interplanetary Mission; Lunar Water Exploration Objective Vital To NASA Strategy For Future Human Space Missions; ASU NewSpace Initiative Led By Scott Smas, Jim Bell & Craig Hardgrove (L-R) With Bell As Deputy Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator Hardgrove Reaffirms ASU Achievements / Commitments To NASA & “Abundance Of Hydrogen At Lunar Poles”


Credit: ASU, NASA

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 14-17 August 2015

New Worlds Institute (NWI) Holding Inaugural Space Conference 16-17 October

8152015Comprehensive Gathering Of Organizations, Institutes & Science Leaders With Focus On Human Space Settlement To Be Held By NWI 16-17 Oct In Austin TX; Will Emphasize Return To Moon, Mars Settlement & Colonies In Free Space; NWI Chairman Of The Board & Co-Founder Of Space Frontier Foundation Rick Tumlinson Serving As Conference Host States NWI “Goal Is To Plant The Seeds Of A New And Dynamic Space Culture”; Tumlinson Named One Of World’s Top “Space Visionaries”

Credit: NASA, NWI, Palmer Events

Wednesday / 12 August 2015

Aiming For The Moon With Aloha:
President Obama On GLXP Astrobotic;
Moon RIDERS Continues Project Testing

Hawaii GLXP

Hawai`i-Born Barack Obama Speaks About Astrobotic Moon Goals, Americans Being Those Who “Explore Next Frontiers… Pioneers With A Vision For Tomorrow, Whether It’s Lewis & Clark, Sally Ride… They’re The Driving Force In A 21st Century Economy”; Hawaii Moon RIDERS (Research Investigating Dust Expulsion Removal Systems) Partnering Hawaii Schools, PISCES, NASA KSC & Undisclosed GLXP Team, Testing Electrodynamic Dust Shield Experiment At Hawaii Island Moon Analog Site Mauna Kea In Preparation For Late 2016 Launch

Credit: GLXP, PISCES, Moon RIDERS, NASA, Gig Greenwood, `Iolani, Robin Bourne, Astrobotic

Friday / 31 July 2015

Moon Express & Astrobotic Testing Landers / Developing Flight Software

ME & Astrobotic 2015 Jul

Moon Express (ME) Continuing Flight Testing Of MTV-1A Lunar Lander (Successor Of MTV-1X) At Kennedy Space Center ‘Moonscape’ Test Range, Final Version Will Land On Moon & Hop 500 Meters, ME GNC Software Was Also Tested On NASA Mighty Eagle Lander; Through Lunar CATALYST Agreement, Astrobotic Developing Lunar Guidance Systems / Flight Trajectory Plan Using NASA Core Flight Software & LRO Data To Land In Lacus Mortis Region At 44.96°N 25.62°E, Explore Lunar Cave

Credit: ME, Astrobotic, NASA, GLXP

Friday / 24 July 2015

16 GLXP Teams Have <6 Months To Confirm Launch, Extend Competition

GLXP July 2015

 One Firm Launch Provider Contract, Designating Launch Window / Date, Required By 31 Dec 2015 To Continue US$20M Moon Challenge; Rideshare Contract Between Astrobotic & Hakuto Confirmed For TBD SpaceX Launch Mid-2016, Team Indus Looking Toward ISRO For Subsidized Launch, Synergy Moon Counting On Interorbital Neptune Rocket, SpaceMETA Has MoU With Alcantor Cyclone Space, Barcelona Moon Working With China Great Wall Industry, Penn State Lunar Lion Launch Reservation Fee Given To Spaceflight Inc / Sherpa Craft

Credit: GLXP, SpaceX, GLXP Teams

Friday / 17 July 2015

Space Week, Moon Landing Celebrations Highlight This Weekend

Space Week Kick Off

Moonworker Buzz Aldrin ShareSpace Foundation Launch Gala To Be Hosted By John Travolta 18 July At Kennedy Space Center FL – Launch Site Of Human Moon Missions; Moon Day 2015 Sponsored By Frontiers Of Flight Museum, Moon Society, NSS Of North Texas Will Feature Space Traveler Anousheh Ansari, Moon Academy Classes, Lunar Lectures; USS Hornet Museum In Alameda CA Holding Apollo Splashdown Anniversary Celebration; National Museum Of The U.S. Air Force Commemorating Apollo Missions In Dayton OH 

Credit: NASA, ShareSpace Foundation, Frontiers of Flight Museum, Moon Society, NSS of North Texas, USS Hornet Museum

Weekend Holiday Edition
Friday-Monday / 3-6 July 2015

Moon South Pole Landers 2017-19
Point To 2020s Human Lunar Decade

July 4 Edition, Moon South Pole

International Fleet Of South Pole Lunar Landers Developing From India (Chandrayaan-2, 2017), China (Chang’e-4 & -5, 2017), Japan (SLIM, 2019), Russia (Luna-25, 2019), Korea (2020), As Well As Independent Enterprises Moon Express, ILOA, Canadensys, Golden Spike Company & Shackleton Energy Company; American Flags On Moon Commemorated 4 July As Pioneering Individuals Look Forward To Earth / International Flags & Multi World Species Endeavors

Credit: NASA, JAXA, CNSA, IIT-Kanpur, ISRO, ILOA, ME