The outcome will shape the future of space exploration and influence the United ... Would NASA benefit more from establishing ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

In 2031 it plans to launch Argonaut M1, a robotic lander that will be used to supply a future moon base. Japan’s national space agency is launching the DESTINY+ mission in 2025 to do a lunar ...

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.

Delays and setbacks haven’t stopped humankind from dreaming of what they’ll do once they get there, and this Lunar Habitat Master Plan is the latest in a long, long line of moon-base musings from the ...

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

Hassell and the European Space Agency have unveiled their Lunar Habitat Master Plan, a conceptual design for a scalable moon base ... dwellers could face in a future where research, exploration ...

With NASA’s Artemis programme aiming to put humans back on the surface of the moon in 2027 and eventually set up a permanent base there, that knowledge is becoming increasingly important.

Learning more about the evolution of the lunar surface could have important implications for the logistics of future moon missions. "We hope that future missions to the moon will include tools ...

China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the key to future lunar exploration, as the country pushes forward with its ...