NASA has a long history of spending big on bold ideas, only to see some of them stall, crash, or get quietly shelved. The ...

China plans to land humans on the moon by 2030. See animations of the crew on the moon with a lander and rover. Credit: China Central Television More than 90 charged over alleged Minnesota fraud ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico scientists are contributing to a groundbreaking NASA mission with a rover designed to search for water on the moon’s surface. A team at Sandia National Laboratories ...

Russia plans a power plant on the moon Plant will power joint Russian-Chinese research U.S. also plans a nuclear reactor on the moon MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Russia plans to put a nuclear power ...

Russia plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2036 to support its lunar space program and a joint research station with China, as global space competition intensifies. Russia plans to ...

If humans finally colonize the Moon, lunar caves formed from primeval volcanic activity could provide shelter from cosmic radiation and extreme temperatures. But how does one go about safely exploring ...

ABB has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop the concept for an Autonomous Lunar Exploration Infrared Spectrometer (ALExIS) for Canada's Lunar Utility Rover. Canada is ...

Sending a rover into space to explore other celestial bodies comes with a dizzying array of challenges, and one of the most complex is ensuring the vehicle doesn't break down out there. To largely ...

In November, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched its new orbital rocket for the first time with two NASA satellites that will fly to Mars to study the red planet’s atmosphere. Photo: Joe Skipper/Reuters ...

At issue is the agency’s “Lunar Terrain Vehicle” (LTV) contract. In April 2024, the space agency awarded a few tens of millions of dollars to three companies—Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and ...

In 2024, NASA chose three different companies to build a moon rover for the ambitious Artemis missions. The plan is for only one of these innovative designs to get a multi-billion-dollar NASA contract ...