There’s a new space race to the Moon, and this time the ambitions are not just to visit but to stay. NASA’s Artemis program aims to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface in the ...

The Artemis 2 astronauts saw several impact flashes on the moon during their epic flyby, observations that have excited ...

NASA’s moon exploration plans call for nearly 80 launches, nearly 75 landers, 10 moon buggies and one nuclear reactor ...

As the historic lunar flyby comes to a close, space companies and nations around the world are also shooting for the moon.

After decades in the shadows of space exploration, the Moon is once again at the center of global attention. China’s ambitious Chang’e program has achieved historic milestones, including soft landings ...

A handful of other countries have their own lunar programs, as does the European Union. Through 2030, governments and private entities have planned more than 400 missions in the next two decades to ...

NASA is working hard to send astronauts back to the moon as part of its Artemis missions, and for good reasons. But to make the most of its plans to explore and perhaps even colonize the moon, NASA ...

NASA is aiming for an April 1 launch date for a mission that will send astronauts around the moon and back as part of its ambitious lunar landing program. Four astronauts will fly aboard NASA’s Orion ...

Grab your telescope and join us tonight as we take you on a tour of three magnificent lunar craters named after pre-eminent astronomers and philosophers who helped shape our understanding of the ...

It’s been 54 years since the last Apollo mission, and since then, humans have not ventured beyond low-Earth orbit. But that’s all about to change with next month’s launch of the Artemis II mission ...

Four astronauts have flown around the Moon today, the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. The seven-hour flyby took them farther from Earth than any humans in history — roughly 252,000 ...

It's been 54 years since the last Apollo mission, and since then, humans have not ventured beyond low-Earth orbit. But that's all about to change with next week's launch of the Artemis II mission from ...