Suzuki Motor Corporation (TYO: 7269), a Japan-based automaker, has collaborated with ispace, a Tokyo based private
lunar exploration company.
('ispace'), a
lunar exploration company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, are pleased to jointly announce that Suzuki has become a Corporate Partner of HAKUTO-R, the world's first commercial
lunar exploration program.
The 20-hour countdown for the launch of India's second
lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1, began on Sunday evening.
The successful launch of Chandrayaan 2 has sparked interest in
lunar exploration after several decades.
"Resiliency and reusability are key for sustainable human
lunar exploration, and that's what the Gateway gives us."
Chandrayaan 2 Launch LIVE: ISRO Calls Off Moon Mission Lift Off After 'Snag', to Announce New Date Soon CAIRO -- 15 July 2019: Chandrayaan-2, India's anticipated second
lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1, has been halted an hour before its launching time due to technical difficulties on July 15, 2019.
On July 1, 2019, Toyota established a dedicated
Lunar Exploration Mobility Works; Toyota plans to expand the department's workforce to approximately 30 members by the end of the year.
Astrobotic has signed a $5.6 million NASA contract to build the lightweight autonomous rover, which will also demonstrate a long-range communication system for
lunar exploration.
They assert that continuing delays in development of NASA's Space Launch System and its Orion capsule, the 21st-century successors to the Apollo program's Saturn V rocket, command capsule, and
Lunar Exploration Module, already seem to have hampered the schedule.
The song drew on the image of the moon, with its lyrics "We're born in the moonlight ain't no fantasy" sounding fit for NASA's
lunar exploration journey.
Charged with returning astronauts to the Moon within five years, NASA's Artemis
lunar exploration plans are based on a two-phase approach: the first is focused on speed -- landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024 -- while the second will establish a sustained human presence on and around the Moon by 2028.