5 days ago · NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar regolith – also known as “Moon dust” – to better understand surface interactions with incoming lander spacecraft and payloads conducting experiments on the surface.

Jan 15, 2025 · Several RadPC prototypes have been tested aboard the International Space Station and Earth-orbiting satellites, but now will demonstrate the computer’s ability to withstand space radiation as it passes through Earth’s radiation belts, while in transit to the Moon, and on the lunar surface. Lead organization: Montana State University

Dec 5, 2024 · Four astronauts will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA's path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis.

Jan 14, 2025 · A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blared toward space Wednesday carrying a pair of lunar landers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor — kicking off what’s expected to be a bustling year of...

Jan 17, 2025 · Earth’s Moon: Overview. The Moon makes Earth more livable by moderating our home planet’s wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years. The Moon rotates exactly once each time it orbits our planet.

Jan 14, 2025 · Firefly Aerospace's first mission to the moon is poised to launch in the early morning hours on Jan. 15. The company's Blue Ghost lunar lander is sharing a payload bay with another mission to the ...

Oct 29, 2024 · NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission in 2024 will send the first astronauts around the moon in nearly 50 years. The mission will launch four astronauts around the moon on a lunar flyby aboard an...

The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 via Space Policy Directive 1. It is intended to reestablish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

Jan 15, 2025 · A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission moon lander and ispace's Resilience lunar lander soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy ...

Dec 3, 2024 · Here are the major missions launched to the Moon, from the dawn of the space age through the present day.