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NASA’s lost moon truck, the MOLAB rover built for a lunar base, then canceled and forgotten on Earth

In 1963, NASA and General Motors built MOLAB, a massive pressurized rover meant to support two-week traverses and the first permanent lunar base. Then budgets, weight limits, and shifting priorities ...

NASA VIPER moon rover prototype rolls down ramp in tests on Earth

Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

NASA rolls out massive rocket for Artemis moon mission. See photos

NASA's towering SLS rocket that will help propel four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon is now visible at the ...

Oldest astronaut Buzz Aldrin turns 96 as new moon astronauts share Apollo inspirations

Buzz Aldrin, the second man and only one of 12 to ever walk on the moon, turns 96 today. He's just one of four living ...