How will NASA and SpaceX establish a permanent presence on the Moon? Dive into the details of the Artemis program, the Starship lunar lander, and the ambitious plans to create a lunar base.

Inside a giant sphere, the engineers pored over their equipment. Before them stood a silvery metal contraption swathed in colourful wires – a box that they hope will one day make oxygen on the moon.

When it comes to sending humans back to the moon, knowing how to work with the regolith that coats the ground will be make-or-break. Phil Metzger is studying how to mitigate its dangers and use it as ...

Three experiments will study how lunar dust adheres to various materials, which could inform future attempts to build a Moon base. There is also a computer that will test strategies for coping ...

While NASA didn’t get to build a moon base during the 1970s, the trade-off was worth the sustained benefits of the Great Society. I can’t say the same thing today if the Artemis program gets ...

Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station successfully produce oxygen and rocket fuel using artificial photosynthesis, ...

NASA's Artemis program goal of establishing a human presence on Earth's moon is closer than ever ... with the gritty reality of building a permanent base on an airless, dusty, radiation-blasted ...