China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of ...

Three months ago, during a flashy event at its Washington, DC, headquarters, NASA announced that it was shifting the focus of its lunar plans from an orbital space station to a Moon base on the ...

"The Ground Test Unit will help NASA teams on the ground, test and understand all aspects of rover operations on the lunar surface ahead of Artemis missions," said Jeff Somers, engineering lead for ...

NASA is trying to recover useful Moon technology from a module whose contract value reached $1.9 billion before the agency stopped work. Under a new plan, NASA and Northrop Grumman will redirect ...

While many along the Space Coast are still marveling about the Artemis II liftoff in April, NASA is accelerating plans for its next major Artemis mission, transforming Artemis III into a high-stakes ...