Rocket Lab sends Electron rocket into orbit, marking milestone for moon mission Rocket Lab’s two-stage Electron rocket successfully reached Earth orbit and deployed satellites for the first time today, raising hopes for… Read More
Year in space: Look back at 2017’s black sun … look forward to 2018’s bright moon The first total solar eclipse to go across America from coast to coast in 99 years has to rank as… Read More
Moon, Mars and jobs: Trump puts his spin on space policy, with details to come President Donald Trump today signed a space policy directive that calls on NASA to establish an outpost on the moon… Read More
‘Tis the season … for a holiday supermoon Supermoon Sunday is at hand, and although some may scoff, the supermoon concept provides a good excuse to take a… Read More
Moon vs. Mars and asteroids: Watch space advocates debate where we should go SpaceX founder Elon Musk has famously said he’d like to die on Mars — “just not on impact.” But where will… Read More
Godspeed, Dick Gordon: Seattle-born Apollo 12 astronaut passes away at 88 The first Seattle-born astronaut to fly in space, Dick Gordon, passed away on Monday at his home in California at… Read More
Scientists call for a treaty to protect Apollo moon sites and other famous space places What’s the best way to preserve the Apollo footprints on the moon, the Face on Mars, or the mysterious “white… Read More
Bigelow Aerospace and ULA widen their sights to plan an outpost in lunar orbit NASA is shifting its attention to the moon, and so are Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance: Today the two… Read More
NASA could go back to the future and revive moon base plans from a decade ago In the wake of the National Space Council’s first meeting, NASA says it has been told to draw up plans… Read More
Lockheed Martin adds a lander to its picture for NASA’s future journeys to Mars Lockheed Martin has fleshed out its picture for sending astronauts to the Red Planet by adding a refuelable lander and… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin makes its pitch to Congress for delivering cargo to the moon Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, joined other companies today in laying out plans for… Read More
Google Lunar XPRIZE teams get more time and more cash incentives for moon shots The Google Lunar XPRIZE finalists now have $4.75 million more to shoot for with the moon missions they’re planning, and… Read More
United Launch Alliance agrees to deliver Astrobotic’s lander to the moon in 2019 In two years, it will be the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, and Astrobotic Technology wants to… Read More
48 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, lunar dust bag sells for $1.8 million The 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing was payday for a Chicago-area lawyer who latched onto a moondirt… Read More
Moon Express unveils its roadmap for giant leaps to the lunar surface … and back again Moon Express has laid out the plan it intends to follow to send probes to the surface of the moon… Read More
Vice President Mike Pence vows return to moon and ‘boots on Mars’ in NASA speech Vice President Mike Pence, the newly minted chairman of a revived National Space Council, said today that President Donald Trump… Read More
Stephen Hawking lays out plan for settling space, from moon and Mars to the stars British physicist Stephen Hawking has repeatedly warned us that we have just a century or two to move off Earth,… Read More
Opportunity rover’s roll on Mars eerily echoes Apollo 16’s stroll on the moon Forty-five years after the astronauts of Apollo 16 rode out on a rover to look over a crater on the… Read More
5 revelations about the future moon from ‘Artemis,’ the next book by ‘Martian’ author Andy Weir The writer who made such a splash with “The Martian,” Andy Weir, is sharing the first chapter from “Artemis,” a… Read More
Jeff Bezos lays out his vision for city on the moon, complete with robots SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk may have his heart set on building a city on Mars, but Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’… Read More
Blue Origin space venture slips in a sneak peek at design of Blue Moon lunar lander COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Blue Origin, the space venture backed by Amazon billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos, is providing a first look… Read More
After the International Space Station, get ready for NASA’s Deep Space Gateway President Donald Trump hasn’t yet revealed his choice for NASA administrator, but the space agency is already shifting the focus… Read More
Round-the-moon trip intrigues billionaire spaceflier Charles Simonyi, but he won’t go Charles Simonyi, the billionaire software executive who’s flown to space twice, says he doesn’t know who’s on SpaceX’s passenger list for… Read More
Why choose to go to the moon? Trump changes commercial space calculations Nearly 55 years ago, President John F. Kennedy said America chose to go to the moon and take on other… Read More
Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin propose ‘Amazon-like’ delivery to the moon in 2020 Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has reportedly proposed sending a robotic lander to the moon’s south polar… Read More
SpaceX reveals plan to send two private citizens around the moon in 2018 SpaceX says it’s making plans to send two private citizens around the moon late next year – using its yet-to-be-flown Falcon… Read More
NASA looks into sending astronauts on a trip beyond the moon as early as 2019 NASA and its commercial partners say they’re studying the possibility of sending astronauts beyond the moon years earlier than planned, by… Read More
Google Lunar X Prize clears five teams for moon race and pays out $1 million The organizers of the Google Lunar X Prize competition confirmed that five teams have been cleared to go after the… Read More
Last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan, leaves behind a dying wish Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan, the last human to leave footprints on the moon, passed away today – but his family says… Read More
Moon Express reportedly has the money for moonshot – but launch is up in the air An executive at Moon Express has been widely quoted as saying his company has reached its funding goal for this year’s… Read More
