The paper gives a brief review of the upcoming Russian moon and Venus robotic exploration missions,including objectives and cooperation opportunities.It also introduces the joint Russia-China International Lunar Resea...
The International Lunar Observatory Association(ILOA) is an inter-global enterprise incorporated in Hawai’i as a non-profit organization in 2007 to advance human understanding the cosmos through observation of the mo...
China’s Chang’e 3(CE-3)and Chang’e 4(CE-3)missions made historic progress by sending rovers equipped with scientific instruments to the new sites on the nearside and farside of the moon,respectively.The same lunar ...
Queqiao relay communications satellite was developed to provide relay communications services for the lander and the rover on the far side of the moon. From entering into its halo mission orbit around the Earth-moon l...
The far side of the moon is a unique place for some scientific investigations.Chang'e 4 is a Chinese lunar far side landing exploration mission.Relay communication satellite,named as Queqiao,is an important and innova...
Chang’e 4 began its travel to the moon at 02:23 Beijing time on December 8,2018 atop a LM-3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.After separated from the carrier rocket,Chang’e 4 entered the Eart...
supported by Natural Science Foundation of China, 51603123
In this paper, to meet the environmental requirements for the lunar surface, we outline the design of an intelligent shape memory polymer(SMP) capsule structure of lightweight using a flexible composite skin. Key brea...
Xichang Satellite Lauch Center (XSLC) is reconstructing the No.3 launch pad for China's Lunar Exploration Program. The main body of the modified pad was completed in September and facilities will be installed in Oc...
China plans to send a robot to the moon In the mid-2020s, more than 50 years after man first sethis foot on lunar soil. China is pursuing a three-stage program which will take about 20 years and culminate in sending a...
The Moon Rabbit lunar exploration program is designed to try a low cost way for the deep space exploration, demonstrate the key technologies for small circumlunar vehicle and micro moon lander and support national and...