Lunar
Stories about commercial, civil, and international missions on and around the Moon.
Apollo and Artemis Astronauts Share the Stage at Gala
Twenty-eight astronauts—including two Apollo veterans—and one very large Saturn V shared a room at Kennedy Space Center for the Artemis Celebration Gala.
NASA Unveils Moon Base Awards at MAX POWER
NASA rolled out a stack of Moon Base awards Saturday during MAX POWER, ranging from new lander contracts to a recycled Mars rover.
NASA Outlines the Details of Artemis III and IV Missions
NASA is still on track to return US astronauts to the Moon in 2028. On Friday, officials shared a progress update on their efforts, as well as the finer details of the mission plans for Artemis III and IV, targeting flights in 2027 and 2028, respectively. Long story short: NASA remains confident it can meet…
National Academies Rank Nonpolar Moon Sites
A new report from the National Academies ranks the top four non-polar sites for future crewed lunar missions.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Send AI Compute Module to the Moon
Hewlett Packard Enterprise ($HPE) is taking remote working to a whole new level.
JAXA Taps ArkEdge for Two Lunar Navigation Demos
Today’s Moon explorers won’t have the luxury of GPS-like tech for navigation. But JAXA is trying to change that for future lunar visitors.
Vast Announces New Lunar Programs Division
Vast announced a Lunar Programs division, building on its commercial space station and satellite development work to support NASA’s Moon Base ambitions.
Exclusive: Astrolab, Interstellar Mapping Hunt Lunar Water
A new partnership between Astrolab and Interstellar Mapping is one giant leap for mapkind.
Exclusive: City Labs Plans Second Nuclear Demo
Following the success of City Labs’ first nuclear-powered betavoltaic demo, City Labs is planning a demo of its radioisotope heating unit.
Zeno Power Books its First Nuclear Mission to the Moon
Zeno Power is ready to pull its first all-nighter. On Wednesday, the nuclear-energy startup announced a commercial payload agreement with Firefly Aerospace ($FLY) to send a radioisotope heating unit (RHU) on a Firefly mission launching to the Moon NET 2028. The mission—flying on Firefly’s CS-8 CLPS mission—aims to demonstrate Zeno’s ability to keep a 5W…
NASA Opens Call on Moon Base Health Research
NASA’s Human Research Program is asking researchers what they want to know as the agency transitions to long-term stays at a Moon Base.
Lunar Outpost Plans to Fly NVIDIA Chips to the Moon
The chip race and the race back to the Moon race have just crossed paths.
Lunar Outpost Joins ESA’s Moonraker Mission in 2030
Lunar Outpost Europe will develop thermal management solutions to help Moonraker withstand the wide temperature swings in lunar orbit.
