SpaceX is no longer talking about the Moon as a brief stopover. The company is sketching out how a fleet of giant rockets, industrial-scale refueling in orbit, and modular habitats could turn the ...

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Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for ...

The order stipulates that American astronauts must return to the Moon by 2028, with the first components of a permanent lunar base to be established by 2030.

China is considering building a nuclear power plant on the Moon to supply energy to the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), a project it is developing with Russia. The plan was revealed by ...

Japanese scientists say they've identified the perfect place on the moon to build a lunar base. They released a photo of what appears to be a large crater in the Marius Hills region of the moon's ...

Russia plans to build a power plant on the moon within the next decade to support its lunar ambitions and a joint research base with China, as major world powers intensify efforts to establish a ...

Can a future base on the Moon being constructed using only lunar resources like lunar regolith? This is what a recent review paper published in Progress in Aerospace Sciences hopes to address as a ...

If 2022 was the year the return to the moon officially started with the uncrewed flight of Artemis I, 2026 will be the year it goes into high gear.

Landing mobile bases on the moon is an idea whose time has come, according to a NASA researcher. Lunar bases that can travel on wheels, or even legs, will increase landing zone safety, provide ...

Trump and Congress both support returning to the moon. A vibrant commercial space sector and a coalition of international ...

What new methods can be employed to help astronomers distinguish the light from an exoplanet and its host star so the former's atmosphere can be better explored? This is what a recent study accepted ...