Benchmark Space Systems offered DARPA a mission architecture called Sapphire for the LASSO lunar orbiter program. Credit: Benchmark Space Systems WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects ...

The moon's stores of water-ice, hidden in permanently shadowed craters at the lunar south pole, probably arrived on the surface of our nearest neighbor gradually rather than in one big event, ...

The data pipeline from NASA’s Artemis II mission opened to full blast a few hours after looping behind the far side of the Moon on Monday night, when the Orion spacecraft established a laser ...

For all its ancient, familiar features, the Moon is still changing—and sometimes in dramatic ways. Scientists recently identified a fresh 22-meter-wide crater by comparing orbital images taken years ...

The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission is heading homeward after looping around the far side of the moon. This marks a critical milestone for the mission, which is the first to send humans to the moon ...

Water likely accumulated on the moon slowly over billions of years, rather than during one big event, according to a new study by an international team of scientists The researchers, including Paul ...

NASA has launched four astronauts on a pioneering journey around the moon—the Artemis II mission. Follow our coverage here. Despite the moon being so nearby, we know surprisingly little about it with ...

The highly anticipated lunar flyby of the Artemis II mission will take four astronauts on a pioneering survey of the moon Monday, including the rarely glimpsed lunar far side, which always faces away ...

The highly anticipated lunar flyby of the Artemis II mission will take four astronauts on a pioneering survey of the moon Monday, including the rarely glimpsed lunar far side, which always faces away ...

Four astronauts in the Artemis II Space Launch System successfully launched into space Wednesday, marking the start of NASA’s renewed push to get to the moon, and eventually build a base there.