As humanity eyes the Moon not just as a destination, but as a potential long-term base for scientific research and even commercial activity, the search for viable astronaut habitats is more pressing ...

After decades in the shadows of space exploration, the Moon is once again at the center of global attention. China’s ambitious Chang’e program has achieved historic milestones, including soft landings ...

Subterranean caves might be the safest place for people to live on the moon, and the trio of SherpaTT, Coyote III, and LUVMI-X are meant to scope them out.

We know more about many aspects of the Moon than we know about any world beyond our own, and yet we have barely begun to solve its countless mysteries. In the decades since the last Apollo landing on ...

An expensive lunar rover that once had its moon trip canceled has a ride once again. NASA has selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon ...

NASA announced Friday, Sept. 19, it is reviving its canceled water-hunting rover and has awarded Blue Origin a contract to deliver it to the Moon’s South Pole in late 2027, a critical step in the ...

Update: NASA announced Feb. 3 that it is aiming to launch the Artemis II mission in March 2026. This week, four U.S. astronauts are slated to begin their history-making journey to the moon and back.

NASA will award the University of Colorado Boulder $24.8 million to build two space instruments that the agency has selected to fly on the Artemis IV mission to the south pole of the moon in 2028. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artemis 2 NASA astronauts (left to right) Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) ...

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Invitation -- Selecting binoculars -- Your observatory -- How find to the moon -- Man in the moon and other features -- How the moon behaves -- Selenography -- Month with the moon -- One-day moon -- ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix A Statement of Task." National Research Council. 2007. The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: ...