Moon Mission

Ever wondered what it takes to trade life on Earth for a job on the Moon? NASA is giving Americans a chance to find out. The space agency is accepting applications for its next astronaut class. And the selected candidates potentially taking part in future lunar missions and even living…

Linda van Tilburg (00:00) Africa is sending its first space exploration mission to the Moon in 2029, riding on China's Chang'e 8 lander. South African doctor Carla Mitchell has been chosen as the director of the Africa2Moon Space Exploration Mission, which will deploy low frequency radio astronomy antennas on the…

As NASA returns humans to the lunar surface and establishes a long-term presence on our closest celestial neighbor, the agency and commercial human landing system providers Blue Origin and SpaceX have streamlined the designs and changed both concepts of operations for its future crewed landers. Since NASA established initial contracts…

NASA’s upcoming Artemis III will be the tiebreaker between two potential lunar landers for future crewed missions to the moon’s surface, the space agency’s head Jared Isaacman said on Friday. But both SpaceX and Blue Origin are planning to touch down on the moon in 2028 no matter what. Only…

On Oct. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. This was the last mission in the Zond program. After the first three Zond missions explored Venus and Mars , the next ones were circumlunar missions that flew around the moon before…

Gerelle Q. Dodson Oct 14, 2026 NASA will provide an update on its plans to return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2028 at 2 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 23, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live Participants in the…

NASA is looking for ideas on how to stop moonwalking astronauts from accidentally creating sparks on their spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA) NASA is asking for ideas to stop static electricity from zapping astronauts or critical hardware during moon missions. The agency opened a "Lunar Grounding Challenge" to avoid situations where…

August 24, 2026 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm The search for frozen water is crucial to both China’s and NASA’s plans to establish permanent moon bases By Adam Kovac edited by Claire Cameron The combination of the Chang’e 7 lunar probe and the Long March 5…

China abruptly postpones ambitious lunar mission  PoliticoChina postpones launch of unprecedented water-hunting moon mission amid space race  CNNChina's bid for lunar water launches Sunday as the new space race heats up  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and VideosThe United States is about to wake up to the threat from China’s space…

China is set to launch its Chang’e-7 unmanned, robotic space mission, possibly as early as Monday morning, to look for ice water in the permanently shadowed craters of the moon’s south pole. This marks China’s seventh and most ambitious moon mission so far. Here is what we know about it.…