Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2021 - As NASA's human spaceflight centers are busy preparing the Orion spacecraft and its components for the early Artemis missions around the Moon, a NASA aeronautics-focused center is lending a hand.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 05, 2021 - NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon in 2023. The delivery,
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 05, 2021 - President Joe Biden supports NASA's plan to return Americans to the surface of the moon, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday, relieving some doubt as to the fate of the Trump-era Art
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2021 - NASA is working on various science instruments and technology experiments from the agency that will operate on the Moon once American companies on Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jan 29, 2021 - Airbus has been awarded a CLTV (Cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle) study for a Moon Cruiser by the European Space Agency (ESA). According to the study concept (two parallel Phase A/B1), the CLTV is a ver
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 28, 2021 - China said Friday that it expects to sign a space agreement with Russia by the end of this year that will include construction of a joint lunar research facility.
Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 28, 2021 - For centuries, humans have blamed the moon for our moods, accidents and even natural disasters. But new research indicates that our planet's celestial companion impacts something else entirely - our
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2021 - American astronauts in 2024 will take their first steps near the Moon's South Pole: the land of extreme light, extreme darkness, and frozen water that could fuel NASA's Artemis lunar base and the ag
Bay St, Louis MS (SPX) Jan 28, 2021 - At NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, technicians from Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin have welded together three cone-shaped panels on Orion's crew module for the Artemis III m
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 26, 2021 - A moon rock that President Joe Biden has placed in the Oval Office came from the last Apollo mission in 1972, raising hopes that he will support a new lunar landing program already underway.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 24, 2021 - The maiden mission of SpaceX's Starship into orbit could come as soon as March following a successful dry launch run, bringing Elon Musk's dream of viable interplanetary travel a step closer.
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 21, 2021 - Now that NASA is leading the development of the Artemis lunar habitation program that will send men and women to the Moon within the next few years, this may be a good time to preview at least one a
Beijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2021 - China published its Regulations on the Management of Lunar Samples on Monday morning, aiming to improve scientific research and international cooperation. Developed by the China National Space
Denver CO (SPX) Jan 15, 2021 - NASA's Orion spacecraft is ready for its mission to the Moon. Lockheed Martin has completed assembly and testing of the Orion Artemis I spacecraft and has transferred possession to NASA's Exploratio
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 15, 2021 - The Orion spacecraft for NASA's Artemis I mission is taking one more step closer to its flight to the Moon. On Jan. 14, the spacecraft was lifted out of the stand in the Neil Armstrong Operations an
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 13, 2021 - NASA and the Government of Japan have finalized an agreement for the lunar Gateway, an orbiting outpost that commercial and international partners will build together. This agreement strengthens the
