Moon landing

SpaceX's Starship engine failure could cause problem for NASA's 2028 moon mission objectives

A longer delay would pose not only a greater setback to SpaceX's commercial ambitions to rapidly expand its Starlink broadband satellite network, but its pivotal role in NASA's Artemis moon program.

The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026.
 A view of Earth, partially hidden by the Moon, photographed through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:40 p.m. EDT (22:40 GMT) April 6, 2026

NASA finds some microbes could survive on moon, raising concerns over unintended life transfer

A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on October 31, 2025. A new crew took off for China's Tiangong space station on October 31.

China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing

 A large screen shows news footage of a Chinese national flag carried by Chang'e-6 probe's lander on the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China June 4, 2024

Beijing tests lunar lander tasked with putting first Chinese on the moon


Why are space agencies racing to the Moon's south pole?

In 2009 water was discovered on the surface of the Moon's south pole. Now a new space race has developed to be the first to access these frozen reserves.

 The Lunar south Pole as photographed June 23, 1996

Moon landing anticipation builds for India after Russia's crash

A successful mission would make India only the fourth country to successfully land on the moon, after the former USSR, the United States and China.

The words 'India Moon Mission', Moon and an Indian flag are seen in this illustration, August 21, 2023.

Russia's Luna-25 smashes into moon in failure

Russia's moon mission failed after the Luna-25 spacecraft slammed into the moon.

 A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 blasts off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, August 11, 2023.

Israeli Beresheet 2 Moon mission in jeopardy after losing biggest donors

The withdrawal of donations is not related to SpaceIL or the Beresheet 2 mission to the Moon. However, the organization needs to find new sources of cash to maintain momentum.

Israeli scientists inspect Beresheet in Yehud

Scientists find a way to extract oxygen from Moon soil - NASA

An experiment by scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil.

 A moon is seen during a lunar eclipse, in Shanghai, China November 8, 2022.

Rolls-Royce to build nuclear reactor for the Moon with UK funding

The Rolls-Royce micro-nuclear reactor is seen as a promising method of providing a power source for a long-term human presence on the Moon.

The Moon, as seen from a distance of 500km

NASA unveils new spacesuit astronauts will wear for Artemis III moon mission

The new design has a different look than the famous puffy white suits worn by moonwalkers of the 20th century. Rather, Axiom's prototype looked black with blue and orange detailing

 A moon is seen during a lunar eclipse, in Shanghai, China November 8, 2022.

NASA, Israel Space Agency to cooperate on Beresheet 2 lunar mission

Israel is set to get full support from the US space agency on their widely anticipated return to the Moon, set to launch in 2025.

 ISA director Uri Oron (on the left) and NASA Associate Administrator, Robert (Bob) Cabana (on the right) sign a statement of intent to cooperate on the Beresheet2 lunar mission, on February 1, 2023.

NASA, DARPA to develop nuclear rocket engine as soon as 2027

A nuclear thermal engine for a space rocket could be three or more times as efficient as conventional chemical rockets.

 Artist concept of Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft, which will demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine.

China could try to keep the US off the Moon - NASA administrator

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warned that China's Moon ambitious could see them dominate resource-rich areas, or completely claim it, barring the US from the lunar surface.

 A moon is seen during a lunar eclipse, in Shanghai, China November 8, 2022.