Fly Your Name Around the Moon on NASA's Artemis II Spacecraft

If you’ve ever wanted to write your name across the stars, now’s your chance. Until Jan. 21, 2026 you can add your name to a ...

U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX

The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready ...

Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on September 20

As of Saturday, Sept. 20, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is only 2% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's ...
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Your Name Could Orbit the Moon with NASA’s Artemis II

The Artemis II mission is part of NASA’s plan to resume deep-space exploration. In the Artemis I flight in 2022, an SLS ...
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NASA safety panel warns Starship lunar lander could be delayed by years

NASA safety advisers say they doubt the lunar lander version of SpaceX’s Starship will be ready to support the Artemis 3 ...

NASA at a crossroads: Trump’s plan to refocus, explore and beat China

Trump's space vision adds to NASA's budget, prioritizing Moon missions and orbital platforms while streamlining the agency's ...

In a race back to the moon, U.S. and China see a fast-approaching finish line

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...
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Intuitive Machines Lander Images From Orbit And Surface Of Moon

The Intuitive Machines' Nova-C "Odysseus" lander has delivered its first image from the surface of the moon. Also, see the ...

NASA student challenge seeks ideas for builder robots on the moon

NASA's 2026 Lunabotics challenge seeks a team or person to create a space robot able to move and build on the Moon's surface ...

The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...
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The Moon Used to Be Much Closer to Earth. It’s Drifting 1.5 Inches Farther From Earth Every Year and It’s Slowly Making Our Days Longer

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...
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The world's first view of Earth from the moon, taken 59 years ago — Space photo of the week

On Aug. 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the first photo of Earth from the moon. It showed a grainy crescent Earth ...