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The Michoud Assembly Facility, where NASA is assembling its heavy-lift, lunar mission launching Space Launch System, has literal holes in the roof.

The Head of NASA Says There Are Holes in the Roof of Spacecraft Lab

By Jon Christian

During a House hearing, NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced the agency is requesting more than $11 billion for its Human Landing System (HLS) program.

NASA Is Asking For an Enormous Amount of Extra Money

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is taking potshots at Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after SpaceX won out over Blue Origin for a NASA contract.

Elon Musk Just Said That Jeff Bezos “Can’t Get It Up”

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

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

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

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.

Science & Energy

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

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

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

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

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.

Science & Energy

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

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 has confirmed that its Chang'e-5 lunar lander's ascent vehicle has taken off, bringing with it the first lunar samples since the 1970s.

Breaking: Chinese Lander Takes Off From Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

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 released video footage today of its Chang'e-5 spacecraft approaching and then safely landing on the surface of the near side of the Moon.

China Releases Footage of Lander Touching Down on Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

With the help of SpaceX, a multimedia company is sending a pair of 5.5 pound remotely-controlled racecars to hold the first car race on the Moon.

SpaceX Will Launch Remote Controlled Racecars to Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

China has successfully launched its sample return mission to the Moon as part of the country's Chang'e-5 mission at 3:31 pm Eastern time.

China Successfully Launches Lunar Sample Return Mission

By Victor Tangermann

In July, a NASA launch will send vials of human cremains and DNA samples to their final resting place on the surface of the Moon.

Upcoming Mission Will Fly Human Remains to the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers have brought a wild concept back from the grave: a liquid-mirror telescope, 100 meters in diameter, built on the surface of the Moon.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Propose Giant “Liquid Mirror” Telescope on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is now accepting contractor proposals for its plan to power lunar and Martian outposts with small nuclear fission reactors.

NASA Is Looking for Someone to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

There's a mysterious asteroid stuck in Mars' gravitational pull, and astronomers suspect it might be the Moon's long-lost twin.

Science & Energy

A Stolen Chunk of Earth’s Moon Seems to Be Orbiting Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Finding evidence of water on the Moon is a tantalizing prospect — but only meaningful insofar as we're able to actually make use of it.

Science & Energy

There’s One Big Problem With NASA’s Moon Water Announcement

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Big Moon Surprise Is That Lunar Soil Contains Water

NASA’s Big Moon Surprise Is That Lunar Soil Contains Water

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just paid Bell Labs $14.1 million to develop a 4G network — on the Moon.

The Moon Is Getting Cell Service

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is funding research toward a camera that can detach from a spacecraft and film it landing from the surface of another world.

NASA Wants a Moon Camera to Film Landing Spacecraft From the Lunar Surface

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers suggest checking the surface of the Moon for ancient rocks that could have been blasted away from Venus during asteroid strikes.

Science & Energy

The Moon Might Be Littered With Ancient Shrapnel From Venus

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Invests in 3D Printing Space Habitat Technology

NASA Invests in 3D Printing Space Habitat Technology

By Victor Tangermann

China just showed off a rocket that could send astronauts to the Moon — but when is still a big question mark.

China Reveals Rocket to Send Astronauts to Moon

By Victor Tangermann

It may be many years away — but the Space Force is already considering the possibility of putting the first troops into space and establish a base there.

US General: Space Force May Build a Moon Base

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, scientists say they've ascertained how radioactive the Moon is — a finding that could have implications for the future of space travel.

Bad News: The Moon Is Surprisingly Radioactive

By Jon Christian

A team of scientists claim they have determined a way to figure out if there's life living underground on faraway places, including the Moon and Mars.

Science & Energy

Harvard Study: We Shouldn’t Rule Out Underground Life on the Moon and Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory are launching a spacecraft to the far side of the Moon so it can listen to extremely faint radio signals.

NASA Is Heading to the Far Side of the Moon to Study the Ancient Universe

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has built a system that could make landing on the Moon or Mars a whole lot less risky — and it already has plans to test it out on an upcoming mission.

NASA Has Figured Out a New Way to Safely Land on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

According to satellite imagery and ship tracking data, China is preparing to launch its Chang'e-5 sample return mission to the Moon.

China Planning to Launch Lunar Sample Return Mission in November

By Victor Tangermann

Military contractor Dynetics has revealed a full-scale model of its human landing system designed to return NASA astronauts to the Moon in 2024.

New Video Shows Inside of NASA Contractor’s Proposed Lunar Lander

By Victor Tangermann

In order to protect the Moon from destructive lunar mining operations, one scientists suggests granting the Moon legal personhood.

Scientist: We Should Grant the Moon Legal Personhood

By Dan Robitzski

NASA warns that harvesting lunar ice for future settlers' drinking water could make it impossible to study the ice down the road.

Mining Lunar Ice Could Irrevocably Damage the Moon’s Environment

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientist Max Coleman has been trying to figure out if its possible to grow radishes in lunar soil analogues in his kitchen.

NASA Experiment: Radishes Could Probably Grow in Lunar Soil

By Victor Tangermann

The first lunar settlers might live in the space version of an RV, which is currently being developed by JAXA, NASA, and Toyota.

NASA Spokesperson Says Agency Is Working on an “RV for the Moon”

By Dan Robitzski

New models suggest that the Moon could be 85 million years younger than scientists thought, a development that would clarify some of its mysterious past.

Science & Energy

Scientists Say the Moon Is Way Younger than We Thought

By Dan Robitzski

A company called Pioneer Astronautics just got millions in funding from NASA to develop a way to extract oxygen from beneath the lunar surface.

Science & Energy

NASA Pumps Funding Into Startup That Says It Can Harvest Oxygen From Lunar Regolith

By Dan Robitzski

According to a House appropriations bill released today, Congress doesn't intend to raise NASA's budget, setting aside the same $22.63 billion for 2021.

Congress Budget Denies NASA Full Funding for Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

A team of NASA scientists found that there might be more subsurface metals beneath the Moon's surface than previously thought.

Science & Energy

NASA Discovers Huge Potential Caches of Metal On the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

When the Artemis astronauts land on the surface of the Moon, NASA expects them to be able to trek ten miles on foot each time they venture out.

NASA: Next Moon Astronauts Will Hike 10 Miles on Lunar Surface

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is working on simplified, scaled-down nuclear reactors that it hopes will power future settlements on the Moon and Mars.

Scientists Want to Build Nuclear Reactors to Power Moon Colony

By Dan Robitzski

A delightful new video shows Apollo astronauts falling over in their bulky spacesuits, unaccustomed to the Moon's weak gravity.

Rejoice In This Supercut of Moon Astronauts Falling Over

By Jon Christian

Engineers are developing smart lunar habitats that can autonomously sense damage and repair themselves on a future moon settlement.

These Self-Repairing Lunar Habitats Could Help Settle the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

NASA announced today that it has awarded three contracts to develop lunar landing systems in an effort to return astronauts to the Moon as soon as 2024.

SpaceX Wins Large NASA Contract for Starship Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

YouTube science channel The Action Lab used driving simulator BeamNG.drive to show what it would be like to drive on various heavenly bodies.

Advanced Transport

Here’s What It Would Be Like to Drive on Different Planets

By Jon Christian

NASA has outlined its plans for a lunar base camp called the Artemis Base Camp in a new 13-page report submitted to the National Space Council last week.

Here’s NASA’s Plan for a Lunar “Base Camp”

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from the University of New Mexico believe they have found the remains of Theia buried deep beneath the lunar surface in a new paper.

Science & Energy

Fragment of Planet That Hit Earth May Be Buried Inside Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a nuclear-powered rocket to move cargo around Earth's orbit.

DARPA’s Working on a Nuclear-Powered Rocket for Easy Moon Access

By Jon Christian

Apply now! NASA is officially accepting astronaut applications for its next generation of astronauts that could one day travel to the Moon and Mars.

Here’s Where You Can Apply to Be a NASA Moon Astronaut

By Victor Tangermann