For decades, the Moon was treated as a dead end, a place where flags and footprints marked the limits of human reach. Now ...

In a bold vision that could redefine space exploration, scientists and engineers are working on a way to transform frozenwater on the Moon into usable rocket fuel. Both the United States and China are ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico scientists are contributing to a groundbreaking NASA mission with a rover designed to search for water on the moon’s surface. A team at Sandia National Laboratories ...

If humans finally colonize the Moon, lunar caves formed from primeval volcanic activity could provide shelter from cosmic radiation and extreme temperatures. But how does one go about safely exploring ...

ABB has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop the concept for an Autonomous Lunar Exploration Infrared Spectrometer (ALExIS) for Canada's Lunar Utility Rover. Canada is ...

In 2024, NASA chose three different companies to build a moon rover for the ambitious Artemis missions. The plan is for only one of these innovative designs to get a multi-billion-dollar NASA contract ...

Before me is an expansive, arid landscape—a realm of valleys, chasms, and crevasses, of steep cliffs and dusty soil, framed by distant mountains. It might as well be on the moon itself, save for the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been more than 18 months since NASA narrowed the field of competitors vying to build the nation’s next moon rover. Ahead of an expected mid-November decision, the three teams ...

A partnership with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company will revive a previously canceled NASA mission to send the VIPER rover to the moon. Credit: NASA NASA just brought back from the dead a science ...

NASA reinstated the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission, awarding Blue Origin a contract to deliver the rover to the Moon's South Pole in late 2027. The $190 million ...

NASA has decided to give the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Moon rover project another go after canceling the venture last year following delays and budget issues. The mission ...

An expensive lunar rover that once had its moon trip canceled has a ride once again. NASA has selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon ...