"With only lunar soil and a basic ingredient from the sun — which is always spitting out hydrogen — there's a possibility of ...

The world’s big space powers are racing to send humans back to the Moon. Unlike the Apollo astronauts, this next generation of lunar explorers will spend longer periods on the Moon. They will also be ...

Intuitive also has more missions as part of its ongoing CLPS program contracts. Its third mission, IM-3, will deliver ...

Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the ...

The mission team knows Lunar Trailblazer's precise position thanks to ground-based tracking, NASA officials said the update. If contact is successfully reestablished, the agency will hold a ...

Building a sustainable economy on the moon won't be easy, but we at least have some ideas about how to get started.

NASA’s nearly complete yet canceled lunar rover VIPER isn’t going to get carried to the moon by a private space exploration ...

Water ice would be an important resource at a future lunar base, as it could be used to support humans or be broken down to hydrogen and oxygen, key components of rocket fuel. Researchers are now ...

As far as economic development goes, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory points to important lunar resources — water, helium 3, ...

Part of the program includes an economic study that compares the cost of Earth-delivered water to the cost of lunar-sourced water. DARPA also wants the LASSO spacecraft to increase the United ...

Japan could offer resupply capabilities, high-precision landing technology, rover or the lunar water data obtained from an upcoming joint mission with India, to the U.S. and other international ...

The lander carried a payload that included a drill and mass spectrometer to analyze the moon's surface and measure lunar water ice. This mission had mixed results as well. On a positive note ...