As if hard vacuum, intense cosmic radiation, corrosive dust, meteors, and temperatures whiplashing hundreds of degrees between night and day weren't enough, personnel at future Moon bases will be at ...

How can moonquakes influence the locations of future human settlements on the Moon’s surface? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

The advent of SpaceX’s Starship presents new possibilities for space exploration, particularly in establishing humanity’s first moon base. As the world looks to the stars for future colonization, the ...

SpaceX is no longer talking about the Moon as a brief stopover. The company is sketching out how a fleet of giant rockets, industrial-scale refueling in orbit, and modular habitats could turn the ...

The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China's Chang'e-4 on the dark side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA ...