Lunar South Pole

Billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman told the U.S. Senate that, under his leadership, NASA will return humans to the moon while also prepping for crewed voyages to the Red Planet

The core stage of NASA's Space Launch System is now integrated with the rocket's twin boosters.

NASA websites have dropped references to landing the first woman on the moon as part of the goals for its Artemis program. As of Friday, updated pages for the program no longer feature the statement: "NASA will land the first woman, first person of color and first international partner astronaut

Depending on where you stand at the lunar South Pole, you may experience temperatures of 130°F (54°C) during sunlit periods, or as low as -334°F (-203°C) in a

The first-ever subsurface measurements of lunar temperature showed wide differences, which could help lead further expeditions to possible water sources.

Nokia's Lunar Surface Communications System was supposed to be the first 4G network deployed on the moon and a test for future crewed missions. Things didn't go to plan.

The mission is over.

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander will deploy two small rovers, a rocket-powered "hopper," and use a powerful drill to probe the lunar surface.

The Artemis III Geology Team, led by principal investigator Dr. Brett Denevi of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland,

Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic

The lunar lander Athena - Intuitive Machines' 2nd mission to the moon - launched toward the moon on February 26, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center. The post New lunar lander Athena launches to the moon first appeared on EarthSky.

by Issam AHMEDIntuitive Machines made history last year as the first private company to put a robot on the Moon, although the triumph was marred by the lander tipping onto its side.Now, the Houston-based firm is gearing up for a second attempt, determined to achieve a perfect touchdown.Intuitive Mac...

A robotic moon lander is about to launch on a SpaceX rocket. It's the second lunar mission for a private company that last year became the first to successfully land on the moon's surface.

Three MIT payloads — the AstroAnt microrover, a camera, and the HUMANs disc — are set to land on the moon via the Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission, as a step toward establishing a permanent base in the south polar region.

Packed with instruments and rovers, the soon-to-launch IM-2 mission will explore the lunar south pole and attempt something never done before—to enter a shadowed moon crater to look for ice.

Saving the DRO-A and B spacecraft involved a cutting-edge astrodynamical flex

The launch of the Blue Ghost module, scheduled to land on the moon early next month, is a key step in creating an Earth–moon supply chain.

Plus: DOGE is on the cusp of accessing US taxpayer data.

NASA's Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the Moon's subsurface and analyze where lunar resources may reside. The

Newly discovered lunar ridges have provided the first evidence of recent geological activity on the far side of the moon. The post Is the moon geologically dead? Maybe not, says new evidence first appeared on EarthSky.