Moon Mission

Home News Science & Astronomy (Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University) An analysis of lunar samples returned by China's Chang'e 5 moon mission has produced a new possible answer for volcanism late in the moon's history. Lunar samples returned by the Apollo and Luna missions are all older than about 3…

Media are invited to visit NASA’s Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) team members on Monday, Oct. 24, at the Black Point Lava Flow near Flagstaff, Arizona. Through Desert RATS, NASA and its partner are practicing rover operations for future Artemis missions...Read More

James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died at 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission, where his best friend and colleague Ed White made the first U.S. spacewalk. His photographs…

NASA's Artemis I moon mission launch, stalled by Hurricane Ian, has a new target for takeoff. The launch window for step one of NASA's bold plan to return humans to the lunar surface now opens Nov. 12 and closes Nov. 27, the space agency said Friday.  The news comes after…

NASA's Artemis 1 Moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on June 15. Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images NASA's Artemis 1 Moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at…

NASA has once again delayed its historic Artemis I mission to the moon, after engineers discovered a leak in the rocket’s fuel system. While the Artemis I mission won’t land on the lunar surface, the trip itself will be the farthest a vehicle designed for human astronauts has ever traveled…

NASA will televise a test on Wednesday to confirm whether a repair made to its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has fixed the hydrogen leak that forced officials to scrub a previous launch attempt. The super heavy launch vehicle has yet to leave the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center…

Artist concept of the Blue Origin National Team crewed lander on the surface of the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Credit: Blue Origin As NASA works toward the goal of a regular cycle of moon landings, they are seeking proposals for sustainable lunar lander development and demonstration. NASA…

NASA is seeking proposals for sustainable lunar lander development and demonstration as the agency works toward a regular cadence of Moon landings...Read More

Home News Spaceflight China plans to build a base near the moon's south pole, in cooperation with Russia, in the 2030s. China is developing a new super-heavy-lift rocket called the Long March 9 to help achieve these and other ambitious deep-space goals. (Image credit: CNSA/Roscosmos) Chinese engineers have conducted a…