Land Your Message on the Moon
Rendering of ILO-C instrument on the Moon surface
ILO-C, Chang'E-7 Aug 2026
ILO-X image obtained in February 2024
ILO-X, IM-1 Feb 2024
Image of the Moon and Milky Way Galaxy
ILO-1, Astrolab FLEX-C 2027-28
First women at the Moon South Pole
Human Service Mission
Galaxy Forum Hainan Photo
Galaxy Forums

Expanding Human Understanding of the Cosmos through Observation from the Moon

ILOA is an interglobal enterprise incorporated in Hawai'i as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2007 to help realize the multifunctional ILO for long-term astronomy, science and exploration at the Moon South Pole, and to participate in human lunar base build-out - with Aloha.

Our Future Lunar Missions

ILO-1
Optical Imager and Pan-Tilt Unit aboard
Astrolab FLEX-C rover NET 2027-2028

ILO-C
Wide-Field Color Optical Telescope
Chang'E-7 lander launching Aug 2026

SpaceDev To Design Lunar Dish Observatory Mission

by SpaceDaily.com, 21 July 2004

Scientists See Moon as Research Outpost, Training Ground

by Leonard David, Space.com, 17 Nov 2003

SpaceDev to Design Lunar Dish Observatory Mission

by SpaceDev, SpaceRef.com, 25 July 2003