As of 2026, only twelve people have ever set foot on the moon—all of them American astronauts from NASA's Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972. It took six missions to make it happen, with Neil ...

NASA's Artemis program is developing rovers to support longterm human habitation on the moon. The VIPER rover will search for water ice and other resources at the lunar south pole. Aerospace companies ...

Humans have not visited the moon since 1972 − but Artemis II got us one step closer. NASA's Artemis II, the first crewed moon mission in 54 years, launched April 1, 2026, from Florida, sending three ...

On April 6, 2026, the Artemis II astronauts flew around the moon, allowing them to observe and photograph the moon's far side, commonly referred to as its dark side. Following the flyby, people on ...

NASA is ramping up its lunar ambitions by awarding nearly $600 million for four commercial Moon landings planned for late 2028. Each mission will carry the same trio of science instruments to improve ...

NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround. The space agency outlined the first phase of ...

Discover 25 fascinating and unusual facts about the moon in our video, "25 Awesome Unusual Facts About the Moon." WATCH OUR ...

NASA plans to send fleets of landers, rovers, and drones to the moon before astronauts return. The agency's Moon Base initiative aims to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface. The ...

Lunar surface meteor strikes on minds of Nasa bosses in developing Moon base - Potentially hazardous environmental factors will need to be taken into account in establishing an outpost, say planners.

At first glance, Jupiter’s moon Io hardly looks real. Its surface is covered in swirls of yellow, orange, red, white, and ...

April 3, 2023 - NASA announces the four astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades. The crew includes NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Jeremy ...

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