Neil Armstrong stepped off the ladder of the lunar module on July 20, 1969, and into history: “That’s one small step for man, ...

NASA has selected Colorado-based aerospace startup Lunar Outpost as one of two companies to build lunar rovers for future Artemis astronauts to drive around the Moon’s south pole. The $220 million ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Lunar Outpost, a space company based in Golden, has won a $220 million contract from NASA to provide transportation for astronauts who could land on the moon ...

So far, the plan for the lunar base consists of three phases. The first, from 2026 to 2029, will be dedicated to robotic exploration and experimentation missions. In this phase, NASA and its private ...

An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lander lowering an Astrolab rover to the lunar surface. (NASA Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won NASA’s nod to ...

Lunar Outpost designed the Pegasus rover to meet NASA's new requirements for a simpler rover that could be developed quickly. Credit: Lunar Outpost WASHINGTON — Lunar Outpost, a developer of lunar ...

WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. startup Lunar Outpost closed a $30 million funding round this week that will speed development of a ‌new moon rover, its CEO said, as investor interest in lunar ...

Data from Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander casts doubt on the decades-old view of the moon as divided between a hotter near side and cooler far side. When you purchase through links on our ...

BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - NASA sent four astronauts on the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century on Wednesday, in preparation for a first-ever manned landing on the moon's South Pole ...

This piece is part of a commentary series called Why Go to the Moon? that analyzes the strategic, economic, scientific, and geopolitical drivers of renewed U.S. lunar exploration. As the United States ...

NASA announced ambitious long-range plans Tuesday to spend $20 billion over the next seven years to build a moon base near the lunar south pole featuring habitats, pressurized rovers and nuclear power ...

Outer space is an inhospitable frontier. Astronauts are not only cut off from gravity but also from all the resources ancient explorers took for granted, especially oxygen. Sure, you can grow fruit in ...