#artemis

NASA says three missions launching this year will begin scouting the moon for a future base near the lunar south pole, with phased development running into 2036.

NASA says Blue Origin will conduct the first of three uncrewed lunar missions planned for 2026 as the agency begins building toward a long-term moon base.

NASA outlined the first major spending package behind its Moon Base plans, awarding contracts for lunar vehicles and delivery services ahead of robotic surface missions.

NASA profile highlights how Artemis extravehicular activity lead Jaclyn Kagey is helping define how astronauts will work on the Moon’s south polar surface.

NASA has announced an agencywide realignment intended to speed mission execution, sharpen center specialization, and align the agency more directly with current U.S. space policy priorities.

NASA is seeking up to 10 creative partners through unfunded Space Act Agreements to help tell stories around Artemis, nuclear propulsion, aeronautics and other agency programs.

NASA is seeking industry and research input on CubeSat opportunities tied to Artemis III, IV, and V, signaling that small secondary payloads will remain part of the agency’s lunar exploration architecture.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has publicly predicted that the next human mission around the moon will likely be Chinese, sharpening the geopolitical pressure around Artemis and the race to return astronauts to the lu

NASA’s Artemis III is no longer the first crewed return to the lunar surface. Instead, the mission is being reshaped into a crewed Earth-orbit test designed to prove that Orion and commercial lunar landers can work as a,

NASA says Artemis III is being defined as a crewed Earth-orbit mission to test rendezvous and docking between Orion and commercial landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX before Artemis IV lunar operations.

NASA says Artemis 3 will fly the Space Launch System without its usual upper stage, underscoring how the mission has shifted from a lunar landing attempt to an orbital test of rendezvous and docking with lander systems.

SpaceX has stacked and fueled its new 408-foot Starship Version 3, a launch candidate designed to push the program toward in-orbit refueling and operational lunar missions.

NASA Glenn researchers are testing a regenerative fuel cell system designed to store energy for future lunar missions, aiming to provide a lighter alternative to comparable battery systems during long, dark lunar nights.

Blue Origin’s uncrewed Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander has completed environmental testing in one of NASA’s largest thermal vacuum chambers, marking a key step before a planned lunar South Pole mission later this year

A House appropriations subcommittee advanced a fiscal 2027 bill that would keep NASA at $24.438 billion, turning aside a White House plan for a 23% reduction while reshuffling money toward exploration

House and Senate appropriators are signaling resistance to a fiscal 2027 NASA budget request that would cut the agency by 23% and eliminate dozens of science missions, opening a high-stakes fight over U.S. space policy.

NASA’s decision to pause the Lunar Gateway now carries a new technical complication: corrosion reported in both of the station’s primary habitation modules.

NASA won two Webby Awards and five People’s Voice Awards, underscoring how podcasts, social media and immersive tools have become central to the agency’s public outreach.

A new watchdog report says NASA’s commercial-style approach to next-generation spacesuits was poorly matched to the technical risk of the job, raising the possibility of major delays for lunar and station missions.

Researchers using lunar regolith simulant say less weathered, coarser-grained soil similar to material expected near the Moon’s south polar region may be suitable for rover traffic without raising major dust clouds.