Author: jcarreira

A small cargo spacecraft lands near the lunar south pole, carrying equipment for a new habitat. No construction crew waits for it. There are no cranes, roads or electrical grids. The landing site may need preparation before larger spacecraft can use it safely. The habitat

A rover leaves a lunar settlement and heads toward a mining site 30 kilometres away. It carries no driver. Its navigation system follows a planned route while sensors watch the terrain ahead. Halfway there, the rover finds an obstacle and changes course. The operations centre

A permanent lunar settlement needs a reliable way to move people and cargo between Earth, lunar orbit and the surface. It also needs to move them across the Moon. Together, these services form a new kind of supply chain. From one-off missions to regular schedules

Humans have walked on the Moon. We have seen it in movies and old videos on the internet. Apollo 11 captivated a million viewers: the countdown, the ignition of engines, the rocket’s ascent beyond the clouds... then Neil Armstrong’s famous words, and astronauts hobbling in