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 "built": "2026-11-11",
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "url": "https://spaceminingdata.com/data.html",
 "license_note": "Quoted source excerpts belong to their publishers and are included for verification. They are not covered by the dataset's CC BY 4.0 license.",
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   "changed_on": "2026-11-10",
   "record_id": "msn-astrobotic-griffin-1",
   "record_name": "Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1, NASA Moon Base II)",
   "page": "https://spaceminingdata.com/missions/astrobotic-griffin-1.html",
   "field": "missing_evidence",
   "old": "Whether METAL is mounted on Astrolab's FLIP rover (Interlune/Astrolab 2025 release) or on the lander deck; msn-interlune-metal-camera points here directly, skipping FLIP.",
   "new": "Interlune's 15 September 2026 blog says the company funded METAL's flight on Astrolab's FLIP rover; NASA's Moon Base Phases page lists METAL among Griffin-1 payloads and does not name FLIP in that section. The mounting on FLIP is therefore company-stated, not confirmed by the reviewed NASA section.",
   "source_url": "https://www.interlune.space/blog/moon-base-is-the-founding-hq-for-the-space-economy",
   "source_title": "Moon Base is the Founding HQ for the Space Economy — Crescent Moon section"
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   "page": "https://spaceminingdata.com/missions/astroforge-deepspace-2.html",
   "field": "participants",
   "old": "Intuitive Machines: carrier",
   "new": "No carrier role assigned to Intuitive Machines; operator-described purchased rideshare mass budget retained in narrative",
   "source_url": "https://www.astroforge.com/updates-collection/spacecraft-structures",
   "source_title": "Spacecraft Structures"
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   "page": "https://spaceminingdata.com/organizations/ispace-europe.html",
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   "old": "Built the ~5 kg Tenacious micro-rover with an Epiroc-developed regolith shovel and obtained a mission authorization for it under Luxembourg's 2017 space resources law (which ispace-EUROPE describes as the first granted in Europe); the rover was stowed on the Mission 2 lander, which hard-landed on 2025-06-05 UTC, so it never collected regolith. NASA recorded interim milestones on its regolith contract in 2022. Completed MAGPIE Mission Definition Review (Sept 2025) and received the EUR 65 million ESA Phase 2 contract (July 2026).",
   "new": "Built the ~5 kg Tenacious micro-rover with an Epiroc-developed regolith shovel and obtained a mission authorization for it under Luxembourg's 2017 space resources law (which ispace-EUROPE describes as the first granted in Europe); the rover was stowed on the Mission 2 lander, which hard-landed on 2025-06-05 UTC, so it never collected regolith. NASA recorded interim milestones on its regolith contract in 2022. Completed MAGPIE Mission Definition Review (Sept 2025) and according to ispace-EUROPE, was awarded the EUR 65 million ESA Phase 2 contract (July 2026). The stated contract value is not a payment total.",
   "source_url": "https://www.ispace-inc.com/2026/07/24/esa-awards-ispace-europe-contract-for-execution-of-magpie-esas-first-lunar-rover/",
   "source_title": "ESA Awards ispace-EUROPE Contract for Execution of MAGPIE"
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   "changed_on": "2026-11-03",
   "record_id": "evt-ispace-europe-contract-20251006",
   "record_name": "ispace-EUROPE to provide MSOLO rover services for Magna Petra (USD 22 million PSA)",
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   "old": "ispace-EUROPE - Magna Petra payload service agreement for NASA MSOLO (USD 22 million)",
   "new": "ispace-EUROPE to provide MSOLO rover services for Magna Petra (USD 22 million PSA)",
   "source_url": "https://www.ispace-inc.com/2025/10/06/ispace-and-magna-petra-corp-sign-payload-service-agreement-to-deliver-nasas-msolo-instrument-to-the-moon/",
   "source_title": "ispace and Magna Petra Corp. sign Payload Service Agreement to deliver NASA's MSOLO instrument to the Moon"
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   "record_name": "UAE Federal Law No. 12 of 2019 on the Regulation of the Space Sector (space resources provisions)",
   "page": "https://spaceminingdata.com/laws/uae-space-sector-2019.html",
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   "old": "Art. 18 subjected exploration, exploitation and use of space resources (including acquisition, purchase, sale, trade, transport and storage) to permits whose conditions are set by Council of Ministers decision and which are granted by the Agency's Board; Art. 8 of the 2023 Decree-Law that replaced it carries the same permit provision in near-identical wording. Neither law itself states an ownership rule; per a law-firm summary, Cabinet Decision No. 19/2023 provides that operators may exercise ownership rights recognised under UAE law over resources obtained through authorised activities.",
   "new": "Art. 18 subjected exploration, exploitation and use of space resources (including acquisition, purchase, sale, trade, transport and storage) to permits whose conditions are set by Council of Ministers decision and which are granted by the Agency's Board; Art. 8 of the 2023 Decree-Law that replaced it carries the same permit provision in near-identical wording. Neither law itself states an ownership rule. A historical 2023 law-firm summary described ownership rights under Cabinet Decision No. 19/2023. That secondary description is not confirmation of the current ownership rule or of the content, commencement or repeal provisions of Cabinet Resolution No. 204/2025.",
   "source_url": "https://www.wfw.com/articles/key-features-of-the-new-united-arab-emirates-regulations-on-space-activities/",
   "source_title": "Key features of the new United Arab Emirates regulations on space activities"
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   "changed_on": "2026-10-31",
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   "page": "https://spaceminingdata.com/missions/astrobotic-griffin-1.html",
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   "old": "No launch month or day is published; NASA and Voyager give only late 2026.",
   "new": "Voyager targets launch no earlier than November 2026 (13 July 2026 release); the exact launch day and reconciliation of the conflicting schedule statements remain unresolved.",
   "source_url": "https://voyagertechnologies.com/press-releases/voyager-awarded-298m-nasa-contract-under-completed-astrobotic-acquisition/",
   "source_title": "Voyager Awarded $298M NASA Contract Under Completed Astrobotic Acquisition"
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   "old": "ASI: payload owner and funder",
   "new": "ASI: payload owner; a separate funder role is not explicitly established by the reviewed releases.",
   "source_url": "https://www.asi.it/2025/06/oracle-al-via-il-progetto-italiano-per-lestrazione-di-ossigeno-dalla-regolite-lunare/",
   "source_title": "ORACLE: al via il progetto italiano per l'estrazione di ossigeno dalla regolite lunare"
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   "old": "Blockchain software company that acquired Planetary Resources in 2018.",
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   "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201111220047/https://www.planetaryresources.com/2018/10/consensys-acquires-planetary-resources/",
   "source_title": "ConsenSys Acquires Planetary Resources (archived)"
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   "page": "https://spaceminingdata.com/laws/uae-space-sector-2019.html",
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   "source_title": "Federal Decree by Law No. (46) of 2023 Concerning the Regulation of the Space Sector (UAE Legislation portal, archived copy of 15 April 2025)"
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   "page": "https://spaceminingdata.com/organizations/uae-space-agency.html",
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