Category Archives: Part-Time Scientists

Wednesday / 29 May 2019

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Hawai’i And Germany Scientists Developing Laser Systems For Water And 3D Printing On Moon 

University of Hawaii At Manoa Research Finds A Way To Liberate Water From Lunar Regolith; UH Scientists Use Laser To ‘Zap’ Moon Dust, Making Water Available For Human Use; Germany Laser Zentrum Hanover And Institute Of Space Systems Develop MOONRISE Laser To Melt Regolith For 3D Printing, Will Send 3-kg System To Moon With PTScientists Lander And Rover During 2021 In Tandem With International Lunar Missions

Credits: Laser Zentrum Hanover

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Fri-Mon / 5-8 Apr 2019

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Major Spacefaring Powers Joined By Other Nations Reaching For Moon

Canada Launches US$150M Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP) As USA Seeks Partners For Lunar Gateway; JAXA Investigates Using Robotics To Build Lunar Base; Germany PTScientists Rover May Launch In 2020; Russia Hopes To Develop Heavy Launcher For Moon Landings; Drop Test Delays India Chandrayaan-2 Until May; Zhongguo Chang’e-4 Operates During Its Fourth Lunar Day; Korea KSLV-II Booster Planned For 2021 Launch Of Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter; SpaceIL Beresheet In Orbit Photographs Hidden Side Of Moon

Credits: SpaceIL, ISRO, PTScientists, CNSA

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Fri-Mon / 22-25 Mar 2019

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2019 Moon Landers: Operational, Projected

Chang’e-3 Lander Station Collecting Science Data With LUT On Lunar Near Side; Chang’e-4 Operating At Statio Tianhe (Milky Way Base) On Far Side; SpaceIL / IAI Beresheet Lander Is On Track To Enter Lunar Orbit 4 April, Attempt Soft Landing At 33° N, 17° E On 11 April; India Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander Likely Launching End Of April To 70°S, Between Craters Manzinus C & Simpelius N; PTScientists Lander Could Launch On Falcon 9 In Second Half Of 2019; Wu Weiren, China Lunar Exploration Program Chief Designer, Confirms Chang’e-5 Sample Return Mission To Launch Dec 2019 To Mons Rümker Region 40.8° N, 58.1° W

Credits: SpaceIL, IAI, CNSA, CCTV, ISRO, PTScientists

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Fri-Mon / 8-11 Feb 2019

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Europe Enterprises Pursue Lunar Initiatives

European Space Agency Aims For Moon Village; ESA Astronaut Center (EAC) In Cologne Building 10,000 Square Meter ‘Luna’ Analog Site, Partners With Architecture Students For Moon Base Concept With Inflatable Modules; Airbus Sponsors ‘Moon Race’ Competition For New Technologies; Germany PTScientists Plan Lander For Taurus-Littrow Site Of Apollo 17; ArianeSpace And PTScientists Are Contracted By ESA To Study Mission For Mining Lunar Resources; David Parker, ESA Director Of Human And Robotic Exploration, States ‘The Moon Is A History Museum And We’ve Only Visited The Gift Shop’

Credits: ESA, PTScientists

Friday / 25 Jan 2019

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Europe Funds Studies On Lunar Mining, Astronaut EVAs, Lunar Gravity Effects

ESA Signs 1-Year Lunar Regolith Feasibility Study Contract With Arianespace To Launch “Ariane 64” Vehicle With PTScientists Lunar Lander By 2025 To Search For Oxygen, Water, Helium-3 To Produce Fuel; Pangaea-X Test Campaign In Lanzarote Spain Advancing Lunar EVA Simulations, Communications, Tools, Science Protocols; ESA-DLR-NASA Collaborate On Moon 1/6th Gravity Study To Understand Physiological Impact Of Living, Working On Moon

Credits: ESA, PTScientists, Ariane Group

Thursday / 8 Nov 2018

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X-Prize Entrants Still Aiming for Moon

 Google’s Cash Prize Is Ended, But Lunar X-Prize Still On; Israel SpaceIL Prepares For Launch On SpaceX Falcon 9 In Early 2019 For 8-Week Voyage; Moon Express Secures Funding For Launch Complex 17 At Cape Canaveral, Aims For July 2020; Japan ispace Reserves Spaces On Falcon 9 In 2020 And 2021; Astrobotic Has 11 Payloads For 2020; In International Moon Village Workshop & Symposium At USC, Germany PTScientists Plan Audi Rover In 2020 To Taurus-Littrow Site Of Apollo 17; 3rd Moon Village Workshop & Symposium To Land In Japan Late 2019

Credits: USC, PTScientists, Moon Express, SpaceIL

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Fri-Mon / 2-5 December 2016

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GLXP Teams Must Provide Launch Contract Before 2017 To Stay In Competition: 4 Verified, 1 Newly Contracted

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Nearing 1-Year Mark To Claim US$20M First Place Prize, GLXP Teams Have Until 31 Dec 2016 To Contract With Launch Provider; Israel SpaceIL With Hopper Lander Has Verified SpaceX Launch, USA Moon Express Hopper Lander Verified Contract With Rocket Lab (And Has FAA Approval For Mission), USA Synergy Moon Lander & 2 Rovers Verified With Interorbital, India Team Indus Lander & Rover Verified With ISRO PSLV; Germany Part Time Scientists Lander & 2 Rovers SpaceX Contract Via Spaceflight Industries Not Yet Verified; USA Astrobotic Lander (With Andy Rover) – Carrying Japan Hakuto 2 Rovers & Chile AngelicvM Uni Rover – Still Planning SpaceX Launch

Credits: Moon Express, Astrobotic, Hakuto, SpaceIL, Part Time Scientists, Synergy Moon, Team Indus, AngelicvM, GLXP

Wednesday / 27 July 2016

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GLXP Team PTS Lands In UAE To Scout Rover Test Sites

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CEO Robert Boehme Of Part-Time Scientists Is In United Arab Emirates To Search For Extreme Environmental Conditions & Soft Sand Inclines To Test 35kg Rover; Rub’ al Khali (The Empty Quarter) Is Largest Contiguous Sand Desert On Earth, Hyper-Arid With Typical Annual Rainfall <3cm And Temperatures Up To 51°C (124°F); With 35 Fixed Staff In Berlin, Germany & 70 Contributing Members Across 3 Continents Team PTS Has Won US$750K In Milestone Prizes So Far & Is Building Significant Industrial And Academic Partnerships; Total Venture Cost About US$35M

Credit: PTS, D. Johnson / The National, D. Yoder, National Geographic