The base will also require infrastructure for communications, power, radiation shielding, waste disposal, and storage. The Shackleton-de Gerlache Ridge area is considered a prime location due to ...

This is the Artemis I mission, and if all had gone according to plan, the Orion would have begun its travel some 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon, returning to Earth in 42 days ...

The Artemis Orion spacecraft completed a trip ... NASA plans to build a space station that orbits the moon and a base camp on its surface, all fueled by small nuclear reactors.

New research indicates that potential landing sites at the moon's south pole for robotic ... data on the seismic activity ...

will actually land humans on the lunar surface – specifically the moon's south polar region. Eventually as part of its Artemis programme, NASA plans to have set up a base camp in the lunar south ...

NASA Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry ...

NASA's Artemis 2 crew wants your help designing the plush toy that will fly with them around the moon.

NASA's Artemis program aims to use the Moon as a stepping stone for human exploration of Mars. Artemis II, scheduled for 2026, will be the first crewed mission of the program, orbiting the Earth ...

An annual safety report to NASA has both praise for the agency and also underscores a number of cautionary woes, including the space agency’s undertaking of the Artemis back-to-the-moon with ...

The Artemis II mission is currently scheduled to launch from Florida’s Space Coast in early 2026 and will fly four astronauts around the moon before returning to Earth. The highly anticipated ...

The European Space Agency is preparing for potential cancellation by US President Donald Trump of key elements of the Artemis Moon programme, the vehicle for many of Europe’s lunar ambitions.

Congress began grappling in earnest with the future of NASA’S Artemis program last week amid indications the moon may lose out to Mars under President Trump’s new administration. The Space ...