Artemis program

Three seismic stations are funded for a future mission to look for moonquakes, as NASA aims to bring humans to the lunar surface in 2025 or 2026.

The Orion capsule that will fly NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission recently received an essential piece of mission hardware — a novel laser-communication module.

India and Ecuador both signed the Artemis Accords this week, bringing the total number of countries that have agreed to sustainable and peaceful space exploration to 27.

The module that will supply power, life support, water, fuel and propulsion to NASA's Artemis 2 astronaut mission around the moon is now in the agency's hands.

NASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See live mission updates here.

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen deepened his Indigenous knowledge recently with a traditional ceremony known as the vision quest. It was folded into his moon mission training.

NASA is worried that SpaceX's giant new Starship vehicle won't be ready to carry Artemis astronauts to the surface of the moon in late 2025, as currently planned.

Astronauts on NASA's Artemis moon missions might look for signs of life in shadowed polar craters — life that could have traveled with people from Earth.

Aerospace giant Boeing faces a federal lawsuit accusing it of intellectual property theft and misuse of critical components involved in assembling NASA's Artemis moon rocket.

NASA wants a new lunar terrain vehicle that not only can transport astronauts across the moon, but also has semi-autonomous capabilities and scientific instruments similar to a Mars rover.

Spain has signed the Artemis Accords, becoming the 25th nation to join the framework that aims to foster responsible and peaceful international exploration of the moon.

An independent report into NASA contracts for the SLS rocket has found significant cost overruns and delays which could hinder the agency's plans to put astronauts back on the moon.

NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat has captured its first image of the moon, snapping the lunar north pole as it tested navigation technology similar to GPS used around Earth.

A surprise crater find in Saskatchewan may pay off big for Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who was on the expedition. He may see a similar crater type on the moon.

Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander will take astronauts to the lunar surface in 2029, on the Artemis 5 mission. It's the second NASA moon lander for astronauts, after SpaceX's Starship.

Astronaut Christina Koch is no stranger to hard work, or success. Here are 3 tips the NASA Artemis 2 mission specialists has for kids hoping to walk on Mars one day.

While many missions aim to explore permanently shadowed regions on the moon for water ice, it must be asked how realistic it is to expect to find enough ice on the moon to support human habitation.

Newly divulged details about the Artemis 2 moon crew's include mission milestones and a simulated docking exercise planned in Earth orbit before flying to the moon.

Intuitive Machines plans to touch down at the south pole of the moon, but there will be a wait as it continues to ready its lander for the ambitious mission.

WeSpace wants to get in on the ground floor of the lunar economy by providing access to unexplored regions of the moon.