NASA’s decision to cancel the VIPER rover mission has sparked backlash across the space community. Designed to map water ice ...

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer sits in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space in Colorado during testing in August 2024. The mission was to investigate the nature of the Moon’s water, but controllers lost ...

Where do you put a nuclear reactor on the Moon? The nuclear reactor will likely form the power supply for the initial U.S.-led moon base that will support humans who'll stay for e ...

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially achievable goal that could transform space exploration, experts tell WIRED.

An uncrewed mission called Artemis 1 flew around the moon and back again in 2022. Four astronauts aim to do the same next ...

Here are 7 lesser-known interesting facts about the moon only true selenophiles know! Read lunar secrets in this must-read trivia for moon lovers worldwide.

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

NASA's dramatic Moon bombing has yielded more than sheer entertainment: they found water. Scientists are ecstatic that the Lcross probe reportedly shot up 24 gallons of water into the air when it ...

As NASA gears up next year’s Artemis II test flight, you have an opportunity to add your name to the spacecraft’s digital ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Apart from the geopolitical importance, there are other reasons why this move is ...