This week, the European space technology company Astrium completed its Phase B1 study of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Lunar Landing Project. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the mission to land a spacecraft on the south pole of the Moon in 2019. That spacecraft would test new technologies, and explore an area of the lunar surface that scientists believe may contain deposits of ice in the permanently shadowed craters... Continue Reading Astrium presents study for European lunar landing in 2019
Section: Science and Education
Tags: Astrium, ESA, Moon, Space, Spacecraft
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