Argonaut is designed to deliver supplies, infrastructure and payloads to the moon. It could survive for five years on the ...

Located near the city of Cologne in Germany, the facility will provide astronauts from Europe and around ... weigh just 10 kg on the Moon. A simulated lunar base will also be attached to the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has named Italian aerospace company Thales Alenia Space as the lead in the Argonaut lander ...

The mission involved two separate Saturn V launches: one typical Apollo launch with three astronauts and one uncrewed launch carrying the base. Two astronauts would descend to the Moon’s surface ...

ESA has just signed a landmark contract with Italy’s Thales Alenia Space to build this lander dubbed Argonaut Lunar Descent Element.

Luca Parmitano is one of the European Space Agency's (ESA) top astronauts. The 48-year-old Italian could be the first European to set foot on the moon. He told Krone+ how it feels to see our Earth ...

Returning to the Moon requires solving the problem of reliable ... This development comes under the PULSAR consortium, comprised of leading European organizations, which is led by Tractebel ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract for a moon lander that's expected to ... science and technology payloads and elements for lunar bases. "The first mission is envisioned ...