Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion
WASHINGTON — Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA…
Autonomous Moon excavation system targets future base construction
Before permanent lunar bases become possible, someone has to level the ground. Preparing the Moon for a sustained…
ispace to send larger payloads to the moon on SpaceX’s Starship
TOKYO — Japanese lunar exploration company ispace is buying space on a future Starship lunar lander mission to…
Nasa unveils $600 million for new Lunar base missions for 2028: Inside the plan to build a lasting presence on the Moon |
Nasa has taken another step towards building a permanent human presence on the Moon by awarding almost $600…
Accelerate Lunar Surface Technologies
Long-term lunar exploration requires technology, infrastructure, and operations that function together cohesively on the surface of the Moon.…
NASA to Share Latest Moon Base Mission Progress
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host a virtual conversation at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 30, to share…
Let’s build the moon base, but not lose sight of Mars
These are heady days for NASA and the space industry. The Artemis 2 crew flew around the moon,…
NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base
A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that can help prepare for…
Scientists Locked ‘Virtual’ Astronauts in a Moon Base with Equipment Failures, Moonquakes and Extreme Radiation. Here’s What Happened.
When George Mason University scientists ran thousands of virtual simulations looking for the best ways to optimize group…
NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future
Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 2:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, to correct the…
What was Artemis II really about? Power, progress, positivity
On Christmas Eve in 1968, Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders took a photo that changed humanity’s perception of…
NASA pauses its lunar Gateway plan, a comet reverses its spin and more science news
The first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis moon program may take off in a matter of days, with…