China is working on a relay satellite to support lunar polar missions

China is developing a new lunar relay satellite to support future exploration missions to the south pole of the moon. 

China outlines space plans to 2025

HELSINKI — China’s space administration has outlined its priorities in space science, technology, applications and exploration for the coming years.

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Report: Space Force has to prepare for operations beyond Earth’s orbit

An AFRL report suggests the U.S. Space Force has to prepare for a day when the moon and the volume of space around it could become the next military frontier.

China, Russia reveal roadmap for international moon base

Russia and China unveiled a roadmap for a joint International Lunar Research Station Wednesday to guide collaboration and development of the project.

Russia, China hope to secure partners for moon base project

Russia and China are looking to secure new partnerships for the joint initiative to construct the ILRS robotic moon base.

ESA awards study contracts for lunar communications and navigation systems

The European Space Agency has issued contracts to two European industry groups to begin concept studies of lunar satellite systems that would provide communications and navigation services.

Op-ed | China, the moon, Mars, and beyond — an opportunity for human cooperation

China this week is conducting a robotic lunar sample return mission, something the United States has never done. The mission is proceeding while a Chinese lunar rover is wrapping up its second year of service on the moon — on its far side, something also never done by the United States.

Chang’e-5 successfully lands on moon to collect youngest lunar samples

China’s Chang’e-5 has successfully landed on the moon in a major step towards obtaining the youngest lunar samples so far collected and delivering them to Earth.

New report outlines international approach to lunar exploration

An updated version of a study developed by an international working group backs an approach to lunar exploration that largely follows NASA’s Artemis plans to return humans to the moon in 2024.

Moon patrols could be a future reality for Space Force

U.S. military space activities today are confined to Earth orbit. As NASA begins to establish a permanent presence at the moon and works with the private sector to develop a cislunar economy, the military foresees playing a role protecting those interests if they were challenged by a foreign power.

Lunar water discovery may have limited effect on NASA exploration plans

Water ice may be more prevalent on the surface of the moon that previously thought, but that discovery appears unlikely to have any near-term effect on NASA’s lunar exploration plans.

ULA’s Tory Bruno argues for U.S. investments in the production of fuel in space

Bruno has pitched the idea of a "strategic propellant reserve" to the National Space Council

Space Force members can go to the moon, if they’re picked by NASA

Gen. DT Thompson: There are no plans today to send Space Force units into space.

China is quietly preparing for November launch of the Chang’e-5 lunar sample return mission

China has quietly initiated preparations to launch Chang’e-5, a mission seeking to collect and return the first lunar samples since the 1970s.

Op-ed | Lunapolitics: 10 points to consider

Renewed competition for the moon is the basis for the rise of Lunapolitics: where political and economic interests intersect with the topography and physical properties of the moon, from its subsurface through to cislunar space.