Living on the Moon: NASA’s Artemis Base Camp Concept
NASA’s Artemis program has sparked excitement around the world and catalyzed new interest in exploring the Moon as the agency prepares to land the first…
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NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Land Water-Measuring Payload PRIME-1 on the Moon
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston approximately $47 million to deliver a drill combined with a mass spectrometer to the Moon by December 2022…
8 Nations Sign NASA Artemis Accords for Peaceful Exploration of Deep Space
International cooperation on and around the Moon as part of the Artemis program is taking a step forward today with the signing of the Artemis…
Lunar Deep Freeze Challenge: Help NASA Return Frozen Moon Samples
When the first woman and next man land on the Moon in 2024, they will explore the permanently shadowed and extremely cold regions of the…
“Worm” Welcome for Artemis I Rocket and Spacecraft
NASA is headed back to the Moon as part of the Artemis program – and the agency’s “worm” logo will be along for the ride…
NASA Wants Help Collecting Moon Rocks
While NASA is working aggressively to meet our near-term goal of landing the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, our Artemis…
NASA Selects New Orion Program Manager: Catherine Koerner
NASA has selected Catherine Koerner as manager of the agency’s Orion Program. In this role, she will is responsible for the development and operations of…
NASA Enlists Commercial Partners to Fly 10 Science and Technology Payloads to the Moon
NASA has issued another request to its 14 Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) partners to bid on flying a suite of payloads to the Moon….
NASA’s New “Metallic Glass” Gears Can Withstand Impact, Freezing Temperatures During Lunar Missions
Many exploration destinations in our solar system are frigid and require hardware that can withstand the extreme cold. During NASA’s Artemis missions, temperatures at the…
NASA Seeks BIG Ideas from Universities to Solve a Messy Moon Problem
NASA is reaching out to university students to help solve the problem of lunar dust as the agency plans for sustainable human exploration of the…
NASA SLS Rocket Booster Hot Fire Test Produces More Than 3 Million Pounds of Thrust [Video]
NASA completed a full-scale booster test for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket in Promontory, Utah, on September 2, 2020. The full-scale booster firing was conducted…
NASA Conducts Massive SLS Rocket Booster Test for Artemis Mission to the Moon
As NASA begins assembling the boosters for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will power the first Artemis mission to the Moon, teams in…
NASA Artemis Missions Set to Begin Next Year as SLS Rocket Costs Climb
Jumping headfirst into the Artemis program has been one of the highlights in my transition as the associate administrator for human spaceflight. With an ongoing…
Watch the NASA Artemis SLS Rocket Booster Full-Scale Test
NASA will broadcast a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket full-scale booster test at 2:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 2, on NASA Television and the agency’s…
NASA Perseveres Through COVID-19 Pandemic – Here’s What’s Ahead in 2020, 2021
With 2020 more than half way through, NASA is gearing up for a busy rest of the year and 2021. Following the recent successful launch…
NASA Increases Investment in US Small Businesses for Artemis Lunar Technology
NASA has selected four U.S. small businesses to mature a range of technologies for sustainable exploration of the Moon under the Artemis program. Through Artemis,…
NASA Plans for More SLS Solid Rocket Boosters to Launch Up to 9 Artemis Moon Missions
NASA has taken the next steps toward building Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters to support as many as six additional flights, for a…
NASA’s Lunar Loo Challenge: $35,000 in Prizes for Toilet Design That Works on the Moon
As NASA prepares for our return to the Moon, innumerable activities to equip, shelter, and otherwise support future astronauts are underway. These astronauts will be…