Meet ERNEST, NASA’s Next-Generation Rover Designed to Be Faster and Tougher
During a recent field test in the Colorado desert, a four-wheeled rover traveled across 16 miles (25 kilometers)…
Two Years Later, We’re Finally Learning How a Transformers-Inspired Rover Fared on the Moon
On January 19, 2024, a tiny, spherical rover called SORA-Q arrived on the Moon and unfurled itself into…
Scientists Map Most Cost-Effective Route to the Moon Out of 24 Million Possibilities
Credit: ZME Science. In spaceflight, every kilogram matters. Each item you bring along increases fuel consumption, which means…
Researchers Mapped 30 Million Trips to the Moon. This One’s the Cheapest
As humanity seeks to expand its presence at and around the Moon, researchers have been hard at work…
NASA Released a Massive Trove of Artemis 2 Images. Here Are Gizmodo’s Favorites
It’s been less than a month since the Artemis 2 mission returned to Earth, and the 10-day journey…
Keep the Moon Joy alive with over 12,000 new photos from Artemis 2
During the Artemis 2 flight around the Moon, NASA gave us a small sampling of the photographs captured…
A Stray SpaceX Rocket Will Smash Into the Moon at Mach 7 in August, Analyst Says
When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched a pair of commercial lunar landers in January 2025, the rocket’s upper stage…
When will people live on the Moon? In the 2030s says Voyager Technologies CEO
A view of Earth, partially hidden by the Moon, photographed through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m.…
With Artemis 2 Flying Home, NASA Is Already Teasing Artemis 3
NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is hurtling back to Earth, targeting a splashdown off the coast of San Diego,…
Artemis II crew head back towards Earth after completing record-breaking lunar flyby
NASA’s four Artemis II astronauts are homeward bound after successfully completing a lunar flyby that saw them travel…
Artemis 2 Crew Become First Humans to Travel Beyond Earth Orbit Since the 1970s
The Artemis 2 astronauts are now on their way to the Moon. At 7:57 p.m. ET, the Orion…
Moon hit by massive object as NASA declares ‘once-in-a-century event’
A routine scan of the Moon has revealed a fresh scar around the length of two football pitches…