The highly-publicized Google Lunar X Prize competition, with a goal of landing an unmanned rover on the Moon and sending back high-resolution images, has been called off by its backers two months ahead of its scheduled completion. In a statement…
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The Japanese team competing in an international lunar probe contest said Wednesday (8 November) that it will postpone the launch date of its moon rover from 28 December to sometime between January and March of 2018. The decision by Team…
Korea’s JoongAng Daily opines that the nation’s leaders may be playing pure politics with a proposed government-financed mission to the Moon, which includes a tight timeline for a 2020 Lunar landing. Choi Joon-Ho, industry news editor of the JoongAng Ilbo, reports: The…
China and Russia are set to sign a milestone agreement on joint space exploration from 2018 to 2022, according to the official People’s Daily online news service. The deal is expected to be signed this October and will bring significant benefits…
Along with many other space enthusiasts, we’ve been waiting — forever, it seems — for our opportunity to stay at a hotel on the Moon, whether it’s a Ritz-Carlton, Holiday Inn or Motel 6. How far back does the hope…
From GQ Magazine UK, background on German automaker Audi’s plans for a mission to the Moon: Audi has officially gone interplanetary. Well, sort of. This is the brand’s very own lunar rover, which it will send to to the moon….
One of the biggest Cyber Monday deals this year is truly “out of this world”! The Lunar Registry, in partnership with Luna Society International, is offering a 35% discount on Moon property gift packages for anyone using discount code MOONday at…
Luna Society International has pledged financial support, potentially hundreds of millions of dollars, toward a program to return humans to the Moon in the next decade. Through memberships in the Luna Society, the organization intends to raise at least $100-million (USD), with…
Japan’s Hakuto team, competing for the Google Lunar X Prize, has put its Moon rover prototypes through their paces at the Tottori Sand Dunes on Sept. 27 ahead of the competition, which seeks to complete a robotic moon mission by the end of…
We are Luna Society International, and we believe it’s time to stop talking about the Moon — and it’s time that we return humans to the Moon. It’s time that we, the people, go back to Moon. It’s time that…
