NASA's asteroid samples unveil ancient water world remnants, hinting at extraterrestrial origins of life on Earth.

It is a Japanese-led commercial mission. Astronauts won't be walking on the moon until 2027, but you’ll see a lot of rockets heading there this year, part of an ambitious series of uncrewed ...

The whole thing is to be embedded in the "Athena" moon landing mission. At first glance, it seems rather absurd to operate a data center on the moon. However, the initiators see many advantages ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center carrying Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the moon for NASA. The lander, dubbed "Blue Ghost," hitched a ride on Jan. 15 aboard a ...

But last week's launch marked a crucial step to pave the way for NASA to send astronauts back to the moon in the years ahead under its Artemis campaign – its first lunar program since the Apollo ...

In contrast, the Artemis missions are designed to take astronauts to the Moon’s extreme polar regions, where temperatures can reach -369 degrees Fahrenheit (-223 degrees Celsius). Apollo-era ...

In just the next five years, we can expect at least a dozen lunar missions that will put the human race light years forward in its a race to the stars. The U.S. landed men on the moon in 1969 as ...

This mission, dubbed IM-2, will land about 100 km from the moon’s south pole. Crain said the first mission, IM-1, was all about demonstrating that the company could get to the moon and survive.

Additionally, NASA has long been planning to put humans back on Moon, later this decade, through its highly-publicised Artemis mission. The US space agency is also hoping to build a permanent ...

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander launched Jan. 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9, which simultaneously lofted the iSpace Resilience lunar lander. Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on ...