Calls for the US to land astronauts back on the moon before China have been increasingly loud and frequent. But it all hinges on SpaceX’s Starship.

VIPER's long and winding road will now feature a ride to the lunar surface on Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander. VIPER has officially come back from the dead. The NASA moon robot, whose name is short for ...

An expensive lunar rover that once had its moon trip canceled has a ride once again. NASA selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon by ...

A multibillion-dollar contract between NASA and SpaceX is under scrutiny as the Elon Musk-helmed space company’s plans to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon keep slipping. While NASA’s first ...

One of the best naked-eye stargazing sights of the year is on offer to skywatchers this week — if you can rise before the sun Friday (Sept. 19). Just before sunrise, the crescent moon, the brilliant ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Both the U.S. and China seek to establish a lunar base that would test humanity’s ability to live beyond Earth.

Yuri Kubo, 40, was selected from roughly 8,000 other candidates. "I made it through the first round, miraculously made it through the second round, and here we are today," Kubo said. Kubo and the nine ...

The feasibility of moon mining is not yet proven, but the future of supercomputing may depend on the ability to extract Helium-3 from the lunar surface. We haven’t mined on the moon yet, but companies ...

A pair of Mars-bound satellites are back to Kennedy Space Center a year after NASA bowed out of its chance to be the debut ...

Call it a nuclear moonshot: The U.S. aims to deliver a reactor to the lunar surface and beat a push by China and Russia to do the same. In August, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy directed the ...