NASA picks Blue Origin to build the Artemis V Moon landing systemSpaceX won't be alone in ferrying astronauts to the lunar surface.By J. Fingas, 05.19.2023
NASA ends its Lunar Flashlight missionThe CubeSat failed to enter the moon's orbit on its ice-finding operation.By S. Fielding, 05.15.2023
Watch Japan's ispace try to land on the Moon today at 12:40PM ETHakuto-R could be the first private spacecraft to touch down on the lunar surface.By J. Fingas, 04.26.2023
These are the astronauts that will fly on NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the MoonThe three Americans and one Canadian should fly late next year.By J. Fingas, 04.03.2023
SpaceX’s Starship will carry an SUV-sized rover to the Moon in 2026The Astrolab FLEX can transport cargo, equipment and people. By I. Bonifacic, 04.03.2023
Lockheed Martin is building a Moon-to-Earth satellite communications networkParsec will help astronauts stay in touch during lunar missions.By J. Fingas, 03.29.2023
Water trapped in tiny glass beads on the Moon could hydrate future settlementsNow they just need to figure out how to extract it.By W. Shanklin, 03.28.2023
UK Space Agency funds Rolls-Royce's bid to put a nuclear reactor on the moonThe technology is estimated to arrive by 2029. By S. Fielding, 03.17.2023
MIT’s new modular lunar robot has ‘worms’ for armsThe WORMS system is designed to navigate the moon's South Pole, which has complex terrain and potential water sources.By W. Shanklin, 03.16.2023
Space organizations want the moon to have its own time zoneEstablishing a standard time for the moon is necessary for the new era of lunar exploration. By M. Moon, 03.01.2023
Blue Origin made solar cells by smelting simulated Moon dustLunar bases might not need resources from Earth.By J. Fingas, 02.14.2023
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft returns to Kennedy Space CenterThe agency can now take apart the capsule. By I. Bonifacic, 01.02.2023
Everything NASA is taking to the moon before colonizing MarsThe Artemis missions will spend the rest of the decade setting up humanity's first extraterrestrial outpost.By A. Tarantola, 12.15.2022
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission has returned to EarthThe Orion crew vehicle landed in the Pacific Ocean following a near-perfect flight.By I. Bonifacic, 12.12.2022
Blue Origin makes another bid for a NASA lunar lander contractNASA said it would accept more proposals after only awarding one contract to SpaceX.By K. Holt, 12.08.2022
NASA posts high-resolution images of Orion's final lunar flybyThat's what we were waiting for.By S. Dent, 12.07.2022
NASA's Orion photographed the Earth and moon from a quarter-million miles awayThe spacecraft snapped the photo at a record-setting distance from home.By J. Fingas, 11.30.2022
NASA’s Orion spacecraft breaks Apollo 13 flight recordOn Saturday, the capsule traveled farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans had before.By I. Bonifacic, 11.27.2022
Watch the next major phase of NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission start here at 4:52PM ETOrion is slated to go into a distant retrograde orbit around the moon.By K. Holt, 11.26.2022
NASA's Orion crew vehicle successfully completes moon flybyThe Artemis 1 spacecraft was just 81 miles above the lunar surface at one point.By K. Holt, 11.22.2022