As promised over a month ago, big things have happened. To sum the events of August up:

The architecture, as a whole, has been massively overhauled. MoonLab now is a BA-330 and serves as a transport hub/research station between orbit and the surface.

The Thoth LEM is now the same size as the Apollo LM and partially reusable.

Two new spacecraft have been added to the program – the Automated Cargo Support Spacecraft (ACSS, pronounced “access”) and the Cargo LEM/LEM Truck.

Thoth is now to be partially referred to as the “Lunar Transportation System,” with manned missions being designated as LTS-XXX.

The Cargo LEM is to debut in late 2017, making it the first piece of hardware to be flown as a part of Thoth.

Twenty possible landing sites have been considered between 27º N and 27º S on the Moon.

New contributors have been added, bringing our total number of members to six.

What hasn’t changed, however, is our targeted first landing deadline of December 31, 2025. We now have a countdown clock up and running, though, which you can find here.

We also have a handy infographic to explain how Thoth works (click to enlarge):

We’re still looking to hard-launch Thoth sometime in late 2016, except this will entail development of the Thoth Cargo LEM. Data gathered from those flights will prove invaluable to pave the way for manned landings.