With the renewed interest in the lunar surface exploration, the European Space Agency is
supporting, as part of the Moonlight program, the development of a dedicated Lunar …

The interest in Moon exploration has substantially grown in the last years, making the Moon
an attractive testbed to develop the required technologies and capabilities for human Deep …

The interest in Moon exploration has grown substantially in the last few years, appointing the
Moon as the first step toward deep space exploration. However, the current state-of-the-art …

Nowadays, several space agencies are emphasizing the interest for the human return to the
Moon. This renaissance in lunar exploration involves both the public and private sectors and …

Lunar exploration is going to have a central role in the future of space industry. A large
number of missions, both scientifically and economically oriented, are planned for the next …

With the renewed interest in lunar surface exploration, the European Space Agency
envisions to stimulate the creation of lunar communications and navigation services (LCNS) …

ESA and NASA are proposing satellite based lunar communication and navigation systems
deployed in Moon orbit; in this way, lunar vehicles/spacecraft will be able to accomplish …

Numerous lunar missions are planned for the next decade and the current deep space
tracking system could not be sufficient to support all of them, since it has inherent limits in …

The Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) aims at testing positioning and navigation
at the Moon by using Earth Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Within this framework, to …

The recent discoveries of natural resources on (and beneath) lunar surface has rekindled
the interest about the Moon by institutional and private investors. The exploitation of these …