A growing fleet of privately built spacecraft is preparing to attempt robotic landings on the moon as humanity's exploration efforts expand.

The crawler carrying the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft was built 60 years ago to haul NASA’s Saturn V rockets, then kept around for the Space Shuttle Program. Now, the vehicle is back to its original purpose of positioning Moon-bound rockets on their launch pads.

In multiple television appearances this week, Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy confirmed that he would be re-opening the contract to build a crewed Moon lander for the Artemis missions. That's a blow for SpaceX, which ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is expected to launch a crewed spacecraft for lunar exploration as early as the first week of February, BBC reported. This will mark the first crewed lunar launch in 50 years,

Artemis III is NASA’s mission intended to return astronauts to the moon. The plan has been to use SpaceX’s still-experimental Starship — the most powerful rocket system ever built — for the last leg of the journey to the lunar surface. However ...

Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy surprised many people earlier this week when he said the space agency was intending to reopen the contracts for the Artemis III lunar lander that will return astronauts to the moon for the first time in five decades. The target ...

China’s Mengzhou spacecraft crew module launches away from the pad during a successful pad abort test at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2025. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — China aims to conduct the first launch of its Long March 10 rocket and a ...

To win the superpower race to the Moon, the U.S. could launch a super-speed crusade to develop a lander that beats Chinese taikonauts to the lunar surface. Shown here is Lockheed's leading-edge Orion capsule in orbit around the Moon. As the superpower race ...