In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...

For the first time in more than half a century, humans are preparing to leave Earth’s orbit and head near the moon, with NASA ...

The crawler carrying the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft was built 60 years ago to haul NASA’s Saturn V rockets, then kept ...

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A new study suggests lunar soil contains elements that solar wind transported to the moon from Earth’s atmosphere, solving a ...

One may easily regard oneself as no more than a speck compared to the universe. Thirteen and eight-tenths billion years after ...

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...

A nuclear reactor on the moon would solve space exploration’s current chicken-and-egg quandary: whether to build power ...

In the days ahead, NASA could roll out the SLS rocket that will propel four astronauts on a journey around the moon. Here's ...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated Nov. 15, 2022 to reflect a new launch window. Fifty years since the last American set foot on the moon, NASA is preparing to return to lunar orbit in the first ...