But last week's launch marked a crucial step to pave the way for NASA to send astronauts back to the moon in the years ahead under its Artemis campaign – its first lunar program since the Apollo ...
The new moon is the so-called "invisible phase of the moon," according to NASA, because the illuminated side of the moon is facing away from Earth, toward the sun. The moon is also in the sky ...
Artemis is NASA's program to return humans to the moon and eventually Mars, but it will need plenty of robotic missions to support it. The first CLPS mission never made it to the moon. That came ...
Firefly’s lander, though, is scheduled to arrive months before the ispace lander, and build on the momentum seen in 2024 by fellow Texas company Intuitive Machines, whose commercial lander also flying ...
The mission brings 10 science and technology instruments to the moon as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, which allows commercial companies to send certain technology ...
NASA isn’t the only federal agency affected by the new executive orders; other agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health, are also being forced to ...