NASA’s commercial partners defended the Artemis moon mission plans Wednesday amid the specter of changes from the new Trump administration.

Assembly of the Artemis II moon rocket has reached its latest milestone with the stacking of the twin boosters' right forward ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

Read about the companies selected by NASA to advance knowledge supporting life and work in the lunar environment.

Finland became the 53rd nation to join NASA's Artemis Accords on Tuesday as the space agency continued to build global ...

In contrast, the Artemis missions are designed to take astronauts to the Moon’s extreme polar regions, where temperatures can reach -369 degrees Fahrenheit (-223 degrees Celsius). Apollo-era ...

Teams with NASA are gaining momentum as work progresses toward future lunar missions for the benefit of humanity as numerous ...

The Houston company is one of nine — including major names like Blue Origin — that received a contract in January.

The ESA is planning regular missions to the moon. The Argonaut landing vehicle is to take supplies and scientific equipment there.

The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission has already flown, in 2022. The Artemis 2 mission in 2025 will use the SLS rocket to send a crew of four on a looping flight around the Moon aboard an Orion spacecraft.

These are exciting times in space exploration, as more and more countries and private enterprises are mastering technology not only to orbit the Earth, but to reach to the Moon and beyond.

This is a long way off as a mission to Mars has been discussed as no earlier than the 2030s. First NASA wants to get back to the moon, and the agency's Artemis II has also been pushed to no ...