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The Verge has obtained legal filings that show NASA's frustration with Blue Origin's request to negotiate its $5.9 billion lunar lander contract.

In Newly-Released Documents, NASA Scoffed at Jeff Bezos’ Moon Lawsuit

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson once again confirmed that Jeff Bezos' lawsuit will definitely delay the Artemis Moon missions and landing.

Head of NASA: Jeff Bezos’ Lawsuit Likely to Delay Human Moon Landing

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese scientists are studying lunar rock samples to assess whether or not they're a good fuel source for nuclear fusion.

China Analyzing Moon Rocks as Potential Fusion Power Source

By Tony Ho Tran

China's Chang'e-5 orbiter, the spacecraft that helped ferry Moon rocks back to Earth last year before heading to deep space, just started a return journey.

Chinese Probe Returns to Moon From Deep Space, for Unknown Purpose

By Dan Robitzski

Instead of taking extra years to develop and test a new rocket, China's space program may modify existing, flight-tested rockets for a crewed Moon mission.

Chinese Official Says Rocket For Human Moon Landing Already Built

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's SLS rocket and Orion are still undergoing tests that were supposed to finish earlier this Summer. Now the agency is blaming the pandemic.

NASA Source: No Way Artemis Moon Mission Is Launching This Year

By Dan Robitzski

NASA administrator Bill Nelson has confirmed that Blue Origin's lawsuit against the agency will result in "further delay" for NASA's return to the Moon.

NASA Head Confirms Blue Origin Lawsuit Will Delay Moon Program

By Victor Tangermann

Watch the Rare “Triple Transit” From Jupiter’s Moons

Watch the Rare “Triple Transit” From Jupiter’s Moons

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has peered into the sky for an epic time lapse — and caught the Red Planet's tiny moon Deimos.

NASA Rover’s New, Gorgeous Time Lapse Spots Tiny Martian Moon

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just got its first round of funds from NASA to develop a lunar lander capable of sending the first astronauts to the surface of the Moon.

SpaceX Gets Huge Check From NASA for Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX founder Elon Musk hinted that Starship will likely be ready to land astronauts on the Moon before the projected 2024 launch date.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will “Probably” Land Humans on Moon Before 2024

By Tony Ho Tran

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, it will take about eight Starship and Super Heavy booster launches to fill up one lunar variant for a trip to the Moon.

Elon Musk Says It Could Take Eight Starship Launches to Fuel Up a Single Moon Trip

By Victor Tangermann

Juno has created a gorgeous infrared map of Jupiter's moon Ganymede during a flyby last month, including the first-ever glimpse of its north polar region.

NASA’s Juno Probe Creates Stunning Map of Jupiter’s Largest Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The Moon naturally churns rocks from deep within its mantle back to the surface, and NASA wants to grab some for analysis.

NASA Scientists Want to Obtain “Fragments” From Deep Inside Moon

By Dan Robitzski

Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists found the first ever evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

NASA’s Hubble Finds Evidence of Water Vapor on One of Jupiter’s Moons

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla's Autopilot system got confused as it cruised down the highway and mistook the Moon for an endless string of yellow traffic lights.

Tesla Autopilot Mistakes Moon for Yellow Traffic Light

By Dan Robitzski

A wobble in the Moon's orbit, coupled with rising sea levels, is about to make coastal flooding a whole lot worse for coastal cities.

NASA Says a Change in the Moon’s Orbit Will Make Flooding on Earth Worse

By Dan Robitzski

Amateur astronomer Kai Ly pored over years of data to find and confirm a previously-undiscovered moon that's orbiting around Jupiter.

Jupiter Officially Has Yet Another Moon

By Dan Robitzski

Cassini's observations that found Enceladus is expelling plumes of methane gas suggests the moon's oceans may be habitable to Earthlike microorganisms.

Scientists Intrigued by Possible Signs of Life on Saturn’s Moon

By Victor Tangermann

A new report by the Air Force Research Laboratory suggests that the Space Force should prepare to treat the Moon and cislunar space as a military domain.

Military Report Says Space Force Must Prepare for Moon Warfare

By Dan Robitzski

An ambitious mission to map out the entire global ocean floor is only 20 percent complete after a year of pandemic-related slowdowns.

We’re Planning Moon Missions But We’ve Only Mapped 20 Percent of the Ocean Floor

By Dan Robitzski

NASA engineers have finished assembling the Space Launch System that will take astronauts back to the Moon. The rocket is taller than the Statue of Liberty.

NASA Has Assembled a Megarocket to Take Humans to the Moon

By Tony Ho Tran

China's space program is finally preparing to loan out its newly-retrieved lunar samples to scientists for their research.

China Is Now Letting Scientists Study the Rocks It Took From the Moon Last Year

By Dan Robitzski

Help Name NASA’s Moon-Bound Manikin

Help Name NASA’s Moon-Bound Manikin

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is well aware of a potentially fatal flaw in the company's plan to use a Moon base as a refueling station.

NASA Is Planning to Land on Far Side of the Moon for the First Time

By Tony Ho Tran

Congressman Louie Gohmert suggested in a bad-faith argument against climate change legislation, that the government should try to adjust the Moon's orbit.

Congressman Asks If Changing the Moon’s Orbit Could Fight Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

NASA' Juno spacecraft took two stunning images of Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede during a June 7 flyby.

NASA Spacecraft Takes Gorgeous Pictures of Jupiter’s Largest Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced it is sending a tiny transforming rover to the Moon some time next year to collect data on lunar dust.

Japan Is Sending a Robot to the Moon and It’s a Transformer

By Victor Tangermann

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to build a car meant to allow astronauts to travel across the surface of the Moon.

General Motors Is Working on a Self-Driving Electric Car for Moon Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

The Canadian Space Agency wants to send its own rover to the surface of the Moon with the help of NASA within the next five years.

Canada Wants to Land Its Own Rover on the Moon by 2026

By Victor Tangermann

Dogecoin is officially going to the Moon — with the help of a SpaceX satellite called Doge-1, a mission paid for entirely with Dogecoin.

SpaceX Is Now Taking Dogecoin for Upcoming Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk says that he thinks SpaceX can help NASA reach its ambitious goal of sending human astronauts to the Moon by 2024.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can Still Land Astronauts on Moon by 2024

By Dan Robitzski

When SpaceX's Starship will go to the Moon for the first time, it won't be carrying passengers, as per its new contract with NASA.

NASA Will Require SpaceX to Land Empty Starship on Moon Before Sending Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, NASA has officially chosen SpaceX to to build a rocket capable of landing astronauts on the Moon.

NASA Reportedly Chooses SpaceX to Develop Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

Russia is planning to launch a mission to the Moon's south pole — and it's scheduled for launch this October, as Space.com reports.

Russia Is Planning a Moon Landing Later This Year

By Victor Tangermann

The White House has reiterated its support for NASA's Artemis program, with the goal of returning the first human astronauts to the surface of the Moon.

NASA Plans to Land First Person of Color on the Moon in Artemis Program

By Tony Ho Tran

South Korean President Moon Jae-in unveiled plans to develop and launch a lunar lander capable of reaching the Moon by 2030.

South Korean President Announces Plans To Land On The Moon By 2030

By Tony Ho Tran

UK credit broker Money.co.uk outlined how much it would cost to get a mortgage for a house on the Moon. Their numbers are way off.

Ridiculous Analysis Claims You Could Build a House on the Moon for $60 Million

By Victor Tangermann

In order to protect Earth's biodiversity from global crises, a team of engineers suggests building a massive sperm bank and seed vault on the Moon.

Scientists Are Aiming to Send 6.7 Million Sperm Samples to the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists took a closer look at the comet-like tail that our Moon often grows and figured out that it comes from sporadic meteor impacts.

The Moon Has a Huge, Invisible, Comet-Like Tail

By Dan Robitzski

Russia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding that formalizes their plans to develop a Moon base together -- and without NASA.

China and Russia Sign Deal to Build Research Base on Moon

By Jon Christian

Kilometer-high towers constructed out of lunar concrete and covered in solar panels at the Moon's poles could provide lunar bases with plenty of power.

Harvard Scientists Propose Super-Tall Towers to Power Moon Base

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver believes that the agency's extremely expensive and overdue Space Launch System isn't worth it anymore.

Former NASA Leader Says SpaceX Should Build NASA’s Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is inviting eight members of the public to fly with him around the Moon inside a SpaceX Starship in 2023.

Billionaire Says He’ll Fly Eight People Around the Moon for Free

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists suggest putting a fish farm on the Moon after discovering that seabass and meagre eggs could survive the rough journey.

Scientists Suggest Farming Fish on the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

Bill Gates wants everyday Bitcoin investors to remember that Elon Musk can afford to cut and run, but they likely cannot.

Bill Gates: You Should Probably Not Follow Elon Musk ‘To The Moon’ On BTC

By Dan Robitzski

China’s Yutu 2 Rover discovered an unusual elongated rock on the surface of the moon — and they suspect it might be a shard from a meteor impact.

China Discovers “Unusual” Shard on Far Side Of The Moon

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace to fly ten different science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon by 2023.

NASA Picks Contractor to Ship Cargo to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The White House has reiterated its support for NASA's Artemis program, with the goal of returning the first human astronauts to the surface of the Moon.

It’s Official: Biden Admin Fully Supports the Artemis Moon Program

By Victor Tangermann

A new study suggests that the Moon's water supply is provided and repeatedly restocked by ions from the Earth's magnetic field.

Study: The Moon’s Water Came From Earth’s Magnetic Field

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Juno spacecraft reportedly detected an FM radio signal coming from the Jovian moon Ganymede, local Utah news station KTVX reports.

NASA Reportedly Detects Signal Coming From One of Jupiter’s Moons

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has to prematurely shut down a critical "hot fire" test of the engines meant to one day carry the Orion spacecraft to the Moon.

NASA Bungles Critical Engine Test For New Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

The team in charge of recovering China's successfully returned lunar samples in Inner Mongolia wore exoskeletons to help them trudge through the snow.

China Used Exoskeletons to Recover Moon Samples

By Victor Tangermann

In exchange for technical support from Canada, NASA will fly a Canadian astronaut to lunar orbit, making them the first non-American to reach the Moon.

NASA Says It Will Fly a Canadian to the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

China's lunar probe has officially returned with the first pristine samples collected from the Moon's surface in almost half a century.

China Just Brought the First Moon Rocks Back to Earth Since 1976

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has officially announced the first team of American astronauts headed to the Moon as soon as 2024 as part of its Artemis program.

BREAKING: NASA Announces Its Moon Landing Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has powered up the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy lift rocket that's meant to one day allow Americans to return to the Moon.

NASA Is Gassing Up Its Big, Pricy Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

The Chinese space agency instructed part of the Chang'e-5 spacecraft to crash back into the Moon after its job was done so it wouldn't become space junk.

China Crashed Spacecraft Into the Moon so It Wouldn’t Become Space Junk

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just published a detailed report on the upcoming Artemis Moon missions, including information on the planned lunar base camp.

NASA Releases Detailed Plan for 2024 Moon Base Camp

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is paying startups for any Moon dust they collect on missions scheduled for the next few years, but the payment is largely symbolic.

NASA Will Pay This Startup $1 to Collect Moon Dust. Wait, What?

By Dan Robitzski

China's lunar lander Chang'e-5 just beamed back color photos of the surface of the Moon — and they're a lot more beige than what you'd expect.

Chinese Lander Sends Back Color Pictures of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

China's robotic Chang'e-5 space probe successfully gathered up lunar samples and is poised to be the first successful lunar retrieval mission since 1976.

Chinese Robot Mission Successfully Collects Moon Rocks

By Dan Robitzski

China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon, where it's expected to bring the first lunar samples back to earth in almost 50 years.

China Lands on Moon Before Returning to Earth With Lunar Rocks

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent report, NASA admitted that landing the first astronauts on the Moon since the Apollo era in 2024 might be a bit of a stretch.

NASA Admits It Probably Won’t Be Able to Land Moon Astronauts by 2024

By Victor Tangermann