Sentences with phrase «unmanned lunar mission»
In 2013, Chang «e-3, an unmanned lunar mission, touched down on the northern part of the Imbrium basin, one of the most prominent of the lava - filled impact basins visible from Earth.
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Naveen Jain, Moon Express, discusses the private venture to launch an unmanned mission to the moon, eventually leading to commercial lunar tourism and colonization.
«They already have the capability,» he says, «to do a lunar circumnavigation mission just about anytime they want to in unmanned form, and then ultimately fly it manned.»
Clark hopes to test his system in a few years aboard an unmanned lunar precursor mission.
Having successfully demonstrated that radar can be used to detect and track spacecraft in lunar orbit, the researchers now intend to use these arrays as a hazard assessment tool in future manned and unmanned missions to the moon.