Author Topic: Upcoming Moon missions (Read 37432 times)

mcgyver · « **on:** 12/03/2018 09:11 am »

China: Chang'e 4 - Lander+Rover - December 2018 -Thread - DONE

Israeli: Sparrow - Lander - December 2018? - 18/2/2019 - Thread

India: Chandarayaan 2 - Lander + Rover - Q1 2019 - April 2019 - Thread

China: Chang'e-5 lunar sample return - End of 2019 - Thread

Germany: ALINA and Audi Lunar Quattro moon rover - End of 2019 - Thread

(Japan: EQUU.L-E.U.S (EQUU.L-E.U.S) (EQUilibriUm Lunar-Earth point 6U Spacecraft) (6U Cubesat) - Orbiter - December 2019 - Thread)

Japan: OMOTENASHI (O.MO.TE.NA.S.H.I) (Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard - Impactor) (6U Cubesat) - Impactor - December 2019 - Thread

Japan: Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) - Lander - 2020 - Thread

(South Korea: KPLO, Orbiter, 2020 - Thread)

(Brazil: Garateal-L, Orbiter, 2021 - Thread)

USA: dearMoon - Manned flyby - 2023- Thread

Russia: ?

EU: ?

(in brackets the "just orbiters" :-) )

The Moon race is coming!!!

Zed_Noir · « **Reply #1 on:** 12/03/2018 10:23 am »

PTScientists (Germany): Alina lander with twin Audi Lunar Quattro rovers Q3 2019 thread

Hog · « **Reply #2 on:** 12/03/2018 03:57 pm »

We all know NASA has at east 2 Explorat6ion Missions to fly past Luna. EM-1 is a 3 week mission which will spend 6 days in a distant retrograde orbit of the Moon.
EM-2 will carry 4 astronauts in a crewed Orion capsule and will use multi-translunar injection (MTLI) burns with a free return trajectory when coming home.

Does NASA actually have any plans to land upon Luna's surface?

A_M_Swallow · « **Reply #3 on:** 12/03/2018 04:06 pm »

Quote from: Hog on 12/03/2018 03:57 pm

Does NASA actually have any plans to land upon Luna's surface?

CLPS lands several small cargo landers on the Moon starting in 2-3 years time.
Manned landings NET 10 years away.

Tulse · « **Reply #4 on:** 12/03/2018 06:35 pm »

I think it would be helpful to distinguish between government launches and private launches. For example, neither Sparrow nor dearMoon are being done by government agencies, and so it seems inappropriate to assign them to particular countries (or at least not to note that they are privately funded).

RonM · « **Reply #5 on:** 12/03/2018 07:58 pm »

Quote from: Tulse on 12/03/2018 06:35 pm

I think it would be helpful to distinguish between government launches and private launches. For example, neither Sparrow nor dearMoon are being done by government agencies, and so it seems inappropriate to assign them to particular countries (or at least not to note that they are privately funded).

Under the Outer Space Treaty nations are responsible for launches from their territory. I think it would be best to note the missions are privately funded.

TrevorMonty · « **Reply #6 on:** 12/03/2018 08:35 pm »

Do NASA missions allow for mixture of NASA and commercial payloads, especially if NASA payload leaves lot of spare capacity.

If NASA allows this it may allow for more frequent and lower cost missions for NASA.

PhotoEngineer · « **Reply #7 on:** 12/05/2018 06:15 pm »

Quote from: TrevorMonty on 12/03/2018 08:35 pm

Do NASA missions allow for mixture of NASA and commercial payloads, especially if NASA payload leaves lot of spare capacity.

If NASA allows this it may allow for more frequent and lower cost missions for NASA.

They do under the CLPS mission architecture. I have not heard of that being offered for normal NASA missions as typically the payloads and spacecraft are designed in synergy.

Tywin · « **Reply #8 on:** 02/02/2019 05:52 pm »

South Korea: KPLO, Orbiter, 2020:

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33272.0

Brazil: Garateal-L, Orbiter, 2021:

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=45637.msg1818784#msg1818784

The Moon race is coming!!!

mcgyver · « **Reply #9 on:** 02/05/2019 09:28 am »

Quote from: Tywin on 02/02/2019 05:52 pm

The Moon race is coming!!!

Thanks, added to first post.

mcgyver · « **Reply #10 on:** 02/05/2019 09:34 am »

UPDATE:
Israeli mission launch date: 18/2/2019
Thread: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=47217.msg1902266#msg1902266

mcgyver · « **Reply #11 on:** 02/05/2019 09:42 am »

Added also Japan impactor OMOTENASHI and the steam propelled (

) EQUULEUS, both for December this year.

mcgyver · « **Reply #12 on:** 02/06/2019 09:11 am »

Chandrayaan 2 listed here as lifting on March 25th:
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

Proponent · « **Reply #13 on:** 02/06/2019 12:09 pm »

Quote from: mcgyver on 02/05/2019 09:42 am

Added also Japan impactor OMOTENASHI and the steam propelled () EQUULEUS, both for December this year.

Cool! A steam-powered spacecraft (EQUULEUS)!

Snooping around on line, I see that omotenashi denotes good customer service. It is something like "customer is always right," although the literal translation is closer to "the customer is god" (and, in my experience, customer service in Japan is in a class of its own). That might seem a strange name for a spacecraft, especially for a robotic one, but I gather the phrase is heard frequently these days as Japan prepares to host the 2020 Olympics.

Neither spacecraft will launch in December of this year, though. Both being secondary payloads on SLS, they'll go when it goes -- maybe 2021? Hopefully, Japan will deliver omotenashi for its Olympics visitors, even if Omotenashi flies well afterward!

SciNews · « **Reply #14 on:** 02/06/2019 03:36 pm »

Chang'e-5 lunar sample return https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33431.0
Launch targeted towards the end of 2019.

mcgyver · « **Reply #15 on:** 03/12/2019 07:49 am »

Possible Moon-related announce during this press conference?
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spacexplorer · « **Reply #16 on:** 09/06/2019 08:21 am »

Is this thread dead?

spacexplorer · « **Reply #17 on:** 09/07/2019 09:53 am »

Quote from: mcgyver on 12/03/2018 09:11 am

China: Chang'e 4 - Lander+Rover - December 2018 -Thread - DONE

Israeli: Sparrow - Lander - December 2018? -18/2/2019- Thread - FAILED

India: Chandarayaan 2 - Lander + Rover - ~~Q1 2019 - April 2019~~ --> Sep 2019 - Thread - FAILED

China: Chang'e-5 lunar sample return - ~~End of 2019~~ ---> 2020 - Thread

Germany: ALINA and Audi Lunar Quattro moon rover - ~~End of 2019~~ --> Bankrupt, acquisition, delay to 2021? - Thread

(Japan: EQUU.L-E.U.S (EQUU.L-E.U.S) (EQUilibriUm Lunar-Earth point 6U Spacecraft) (6U Cubesat) - Orbiter - ~~December 2019~~ --> 2021 - Thread

Japan: OMOTENASHI (O.MO.TE.NA.S.H.I) (Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard - Impactor) (6U Cubesat) - Impactor - December 2019- Thread

Japan: Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) - Lander - ~~2020~~ --> 2022 - Thread

(South Korea: KPLO, Orbiter, 2020 - Thread)

(Brazil: Garateal-L, Orbiter, 2021 - Thread)

USA: dearMoon - Manned flyby - 2023- Thread

Russia: ?

EU: ?

spacexplorer · « **Reply #18 on:** 09/07/2019 10:11 am »

New entry:
Firefly to build U.S. version of Israeli Beresheet lunar lander

Quote

Firefly’s name for the U.S.-made lander, Genesis, honors the Israeli name Beresheet, which means “genesis” or “in the beginning” in Hebrew.
Construction of Genesis landers will be done in the United States.
Firefly plans to initially launch its Alpha rocket in December 2019, but is more likely to occur next year.

Launch schedule?!?

spacexplorer · « **Reply #19 on:** 06/27/2020 01:05 pm »

Some updates, but a lot are still missing yet. Any help?

2018:

China: Chang'e 4 - Lander+Rover - December 2018 -Thread - DONE

2019:
Israeli: Sparrow - Lander - December 2018? -18/2/2019- Thread - FAILED

India: Chandarayaan 2 - Lander + Rover - ~~Q1 2019 - April 2019~~ --> Sep 2019 - Thread - FAILED

~~China: Chang'e-5 lunar sample return - End of 2019---> 2020 - Thread~~

2020:
24 November 2020
China: Chang'e-5 lunar sample return - Launch thread , Operations thread - List of Chang'e-xxx threads

2021:
Germany: ALINA and Audi Lunar Quattro moon rover - ~~End of 2019~~ --> Bankrupt, acquisition, delay to 2021? - Official news from PTS space- Thread

(Japan: EQUU.L-E.U.S (EQUilibriUm Lunar-Earth point 6U Spacecraft) (6U Cubesat) - Orbiter - ~~December 2019~~ --> 2021 --> 2022 - Thread

Japan: OMOTENASHI (O.MO.TE.NA.S.H.I) (Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard - Impactor) (6U Cubesat) - Impactor - ~~December 2019~~ --> 2021 --> 2022 , together with EQUU.L-E.U.S - Thread

India:
Chndrayaan-3 - ~~march 2021~~ --> 2022
Thread

USA:
Artemis - 2021

Russia:
Luna-25 - October 2021 - Russian Space Research Institute

2022:
Japan: Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) - Lander - ~~2020~~ --> 2022 - Thread

(South Korea: KPLO, Orbiter, ~~2020~~ --> 2022 - Thread - Official korean page)

(Brazil: Garateal-L, Orbiter, 2021 - Thread)

2023:
USA:
dearMoon - Manned flyby - 2023 - Thread

"Griffin" lander from Astrobotic - Twitter

NASA’s water-hunting Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) - Twitter

2024:
USA:
(Manned) - 2024

Russia:
Luna-26 - 2024

Luna-27

EU: ?

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