Under the deal, Blue Origin will carry VIPER – short for “Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover” – on its uncrewed ...

NASA has selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon by awarding ...

NASA announced that it has selected Blue Origin to bring its VIPER rover to the moon, over a year after the project was ...

For decades, scientists have wondered how the moon can have water. It’s dry, airless, and lacks an atmosphere, so the presence of water on its surface is nothing short of a mystery. Over the years, ...

For astronauts to survive on the moon, they'll need three essential resources: water, oxygen, and fuel. These resources have been an integral part of plans to build permanent moon bases, which have ...

It will not only help future lunar settlers be self-sufficient but will help provide raw materials for space-based ...

(Reuters) - A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space from Florida on Wednesday to identify where water - a precious resource for lunar missions - resides on the moon's surface in ...

NASA launched a lunar orbiter Wednesday night that will trace the Moon's elusive water cycle. Lunar Trailblazer, a collaboration between NASA, Northern Arizona University, and Lockheed Martin Space, ...

While science has long explained the natural phenomenon — a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow over the lunar surface — many cultural beliefs ...

On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed light on the lunar water ...