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The space agency's outgoing administrator Bill Nelson announced today that the upcoming crewed Artemis missions will be delayed again.

NASA’s Moon Landing Gets Pushed Back Yet Again

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's plagued Space Launch System rocket, which is being developed to deliver the first astronauts to the Moon, is on thin ice.

It Sounds Like NASA’s Moon Rocket Might Be Getting Canceled

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Orion spacecraft chipped after reentering the Earth's atmosphere during its maiden voyage. The agency remains tight lipped about it.

NASA Keeping Issue With Moon Rocket a Secret

By Victor Tangermann

NASA contractor Axiom Space has shown off the latest design of its spacesuit designed to protect astronauts on the lunar surface.

NASA Contractor Shows Off New Spacesuit for the First Moon Landing in Over Half a Century

By Victor Tangermann

In preparation for the first crewed Moon mission in 50 years, NASA is prototyping a new Moon rover that looks a lot like a tractor/golf cart.

NASA’s Lunar Rover Prototype Looks Like If a Tractor and a Golf Cart Had a Baby

By Noor Al-Sibai

Two advanced mannequins flew aboard the Artemis I mission to record data on radiation exposure inside the spacecraft.

NASA Analyzes Synthetic Human Bodies It Sent on Lunar Journey

By Frank Landymore

According to a scathing new report, NASA's even beefier Moon rocket launch tower may end up being even more expensive than initially thought.

NASA’s Moon Launcher Is in Big Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

Because time moves ever so slightly on the surface of the Moon, researchers have created a way to keep lunar clocks in sync with Earth ones.

Scientists Say They’ve Come up With a “Time Zone” For the Moon

By Frank Landymore

Boeing's contributions to NASA's efforts to return astronauts to the Moon are significantly behind schedule and way over budget.

NASA Inspector Slams Boeing for Shoddy Work on Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Space tech company Honeybee Robotics has come up with a concept for a 330-foot pole that could act like a streetlight for a Moon base.

DARPA Funding Plan to Build Huge Streetlight on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The rocket designed to carry the first humans to the Moon in over half a century has officially made its way to NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

NASA Rocket for First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Arrives at Launch Site

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas simulated several "moonwalks" in the northern Arizona desert, making for an unusual photo opp.

NASA Astronauts Run Into Cow While Practicing for Lunar Landing

By Victor Tangermann

A new theory suggests that rockets blast up plumes of Moon dust at way, way faster speeds than previously thought.

Scientist Terrified Astronauts Might Be Shredded by Sandblasts on the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Strange Photos Show NASA Astronauts Testing Spacesuits With No Arms or Visors

Strange Photos Show NASA Astronauts Testing Spacesuits With No Arms or Visors

By Jon Christian

NASA's Orion capsule took a beating during its trip to the Moon and back, according to a recent report by the Office of Inspector General.

NASA Inspector Alarmed by Extensive Damage to Heatshield of Astronaut Moon Vehicle

By Victor Tangermann

Renders show off both Blue Origin's proposed cargo lunar lander as well as SpaceX's Starship slowly lowering a Moon rover to the surface.

NASA Releases New Render of SpaceX’s Starship Landed on the Moon’s Surface

By Victor Tangermann

The White House released a new memorandum in an attempt to establish a new time standard for the Moon called "Coordinated Lunar Time."

Biden Directs NASA to Figure Out What Time It Is on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The first astronauts to walk the surface of the Moon in almost 50 years will bring a greenhouse to study how crops adapt to the environment.

NASA’s First Artemis Moon Astronauts Will Bring Small Greenhouse to Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found that the Moon is still shrinking, a process that is causing its surface to become dotted with creases and cracks.

The Moon Is Shrinking and Crumbling, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, astronauts saw strange flashes of light on the Moon. NASA still wants to catch them on camera.

NASA Curious Whether Astronauts Will See Strange Flashes of Light on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Now that NASA is pushing back the Artemis lunar mission again, Congress is more anxious than ever that China will beat the US to the Moon.

Congress Terrified China Will Beat the United States to the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former NASA administrator Michael Griffin has told US lawmakers that the space agency's plans to return humans to the Moon are terrible.

Former NASA Director Trashes Upcoming Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's first crewed lunar landing mission in over half a century dubbed Artemis 3 will likely be delayed due to Starship issues.

NASA Reportedly Forced to Push Back Moon Landing After SpaceX Fails to Deliver Starship

By Victor Tangermann

A French startup signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency to build the "first permanent outpost on the Moon."

This Multi-Purpose Moon Habitat Looks Cool as Hell

By Victor Tangermann

Prada Is Officially Working on NASA’s Lunar Spacesuit

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

If it were up to NASA administrator Bill Nelson, the US needs to get to the Moon before China since it might be unwilling to share resources.

NASA Head Concerned That China Will Steal Lunar Resources

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency appears to be preoccupied with what goes on in astronauts' underwear — and is doing research on it, too.

Europe Worried About Nasty Crotch Situation Among Moon Astronauts

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA researchers say Moon astronauts should consider that microbial life could survive in shadowed niches near the south pole.

NASA Says There May Be Life on the Moon After All

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has turned its giant 6.2 million-gallon Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) into a replica of the surface of the Moon to train astronauts.

NASA Building Huge Underwater Moon Replica

By Victor Tangermann

If you're sending humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years, you better make sure your astronauts are safe — and look good while doing it.

NASA’s Moon Spacesuits Are Brain-Meltingly Expensive

By Frank Landymore

There's a random Canadian astronaut going to the Moon with three Americans from NASA next year — and according to him, that's by design.

Canadian Astronaut Says He’s Going to the Moon So NASA Can Blame Him If Anything Goes Wrong

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA just dropped its new graphics in the wake of its crew announcement for the Artemis II mission to the Moon and, reader, they're so lit.

NASA’s New Artemis II Graphics Are So Freaking Awesome, Y’all

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA astronaut chief Joe Acaba wanted to get three lucky astronauts all in the same meeting to tell them they were Moon-bound. Easier said than done.

NASA Ran Into Trouble Telling Astronauts They Were Going to the Moon

By Frank Landymore

NASA has announced the astronauts who will fly to the Moon during the Artemis II mission, the first humans to head to the Moon in more than 50 years.

NASA Announces the Astronauts Who Are Returning to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Debuts Its Brand New Sci-Fi-Inspired Moonsuit — But It’s a Rental

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has reinforced the launch date for its crewed Artemis II Moon mission next year — that is, if they're able to make it.

NASA Says It’ll Be Launching Crewed Moon Mission Around Thanksgiving 2024

By Noor Al-Sibai

As the Artemis mission's 2024 launch date steadily approaches, NASA is undertaking its secretive selection process to decide who will be sent to the Moon.

NASA Finalizing Secretive Decision on First Astronauts for the Artemis Moon Mission

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA administrator and former astronaut Bill Nelson is afraid that China may get to the Moon first — and claim portions of the surface as its own territory.

The Head of NASA Is Scared Chinese Astronauts Will Seize Portions of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's lunar mission has lost one its cube-shaped satellite entourage, which over the weekend shot out of the Moon's orbit.

Dead Artemis Spacecraft Careens Out of Lunar Orbit

By Noor Al-Sibai

After its splashdown in the Pacific, NASA's Orion spacecraft, back from beyond the Moon, is now on solid ground, and it's looking pretty burned.

Advanced Transport

Close Up Shows Charred NASA Capsule After Returning From the Moon

By Frank Landymore

With Artemis on its way back on to Earth, the question remains — why is it not going back out for at least two more years?

One Silly Little Detail Is Reportedly Delaying Artemis II by Years

By Noor Al-Sibai

While we're photos won't ever do the Moon's sheer size perfect justice, a new video from the Artemis mission's uncrewed Orion spacecraft might come close.

Epic Artemis Video Shows the Astonishing Size of the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Part of the maiden voyage of NASA's Artemis Moon mission, the Orion capsule is now headed back from lunar orbit and will splash down soon in the Pacific.

Skkrt! NASA’s Orion Heads Back to Earth, Leaves Moon in the Dust

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Orion spacecraft in its journey past the Moon has captured a stunning, perspective-inducing photo that shows both the Earth and Moon in view.

Amazing Artemis Photo Shows Every Human, Alive or Dead, Plus the Moon

By Frank Landymore

3D printing firm ICON just landed a $57.2 million contract from NASA for Project Olympus, the company's mission to create 3D-printed Moon shelters.

NASA Hires Company to 3D Print American Base on the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The OMOTENASHI (Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor), a JAXA CubeSat that launched with Artemis I, has failed.

Lunar Lander Released by NASA’s Artemis 1 Mission Dies

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's Artemis mission has, after months of delay and tens of billions of dollars, finally reached the Moon, which it will orbit for the next 3.5 weeks.

Rejoice! NASA’s Artemis I Is Now Orbiting the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

It appears that NASA's Artemis 1 rocket launchpad caught way more damage than expected when it finally took off from Kennedy Space Center last week.

NASA Launch Pad Sustained Significant Damage During Artemis Takeoff

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA apparently barred the press from photographing the Artemis moon rocket launch when it lifted its Orion capsule off to space earlier this week.

NASA Orders Press Not to Photograph Launch Site After Moon Mission Takes Off

By Noor Al-Sibai

Experts Baffled by Why NASA’s “Red Crew” Wear Blue Shirts

Experts Baffled by Why NASA’s “Red Crew” Wear Blue Shirts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA Says It’s Fine That Some Pieces May Have Fallen Off Its Moon Rocket During Launch

NASA Says It’s Fine That Some Pieces May Have Fallen Off Its Moon Rocket During Launch

By Noor Al-Sibai

Teams have closed the hatch of NASA's Orion capsule sitting on top of its gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket.

NASA Shuts Hatch on Rocket Launching to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Astronauts will make use of a specialized, pressurized rover that can handle any terrain the Moon throws at it, but it also doubles as an RV.

Advanced Transport

NASA Testing Cozy “Lunar RV” for Moon Astronauts

By Frank Landymore

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) never beats around the bush when it comes to NASA's planned Artemis missions to the Moon.

New Government Report Is Extremely Bad News for NASA

By Victor Tangermann

On the day of its next launch attempt, NASA's Moon-bound Space Launch System is dealing with a fuel leak on the launchpad.

NASA Moon Launch Canceled When Super Expensive Rocket Starts Leaking on Launch Pad

By Jon Christian

In conversation with Futurism, a former NASA administrator discusses everything from the SLS to Russia to early meetings with Elon Musk.

Here’s What the Former Head of NASA Has to Say About the Moon Mission Delay

By Noor Al-Sibai

Moving a huge rocket is tough. John Giles, the man in charge of doing just that, is not happy at the prospect of a delay forcing his team to do it all over.

Guy Who Has to Move NASA Moon Rocket Back to Hangar Very Annoyed

By Frank Landymore

NASA is gearing up for the Artemis 1 Moon mission launch later this month, and the space program is packing it with appearances by celebrity guests.

NASA Packs Artemis 1 Moon Launch With a Crop of Celebrity Guests

By Noor Al-Sibai

This fall, Nicole Aunapu Mann will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard the SpaceX Crew-5 — making her first indigenous woman in space.

SpaceX Is about to Launch the First Ever Astronaut Who’s an Indigenous Woman

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During a crucial Artemis 1 take-off test, the NASA's seemingly doomed Space Launch System sprung a leak in a hydrogen fuel valve.

NASA’s Super Expensive Mega Moon Rocket Starts Leaking During Test

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to leaked documents obtained by Ars Technica, NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface on the Moon are in serious trouble.

Leaked Documents Show NASA’s Moon Landing Plans in Chaos

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Office of Inspector General has released the final audit of the agency's efforts to build the Mobile Launcher 2 — and it doesn't pull any punches.

Scathing Report Admits NASA Is Years Behind Moon Landing Schedule

By Victor Tangermann

NASA suffered a tragic typo while trying to discuss the American-led Artemis Accords initiative, and Twitter had a field day.

NASA Mocked for Misspelling “New Zealand”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA revealed that Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace will provide new-and-improved spacesuits for the upcoming Artemis moon landings, and followers were feeling a little baffled — not to mention left hanging — when the designers failed to produce any actual imagery of the fits.

We Just Got the First Peek at NASA’s Artemis Moon Landing Suits

By Maggie Harrison Dupré