Before Artemis II, NASA will send two missions to scout the surface of the lunar south pole for resources that could sustain ...

A solar eclipse crossed North America. Two robotic landers reached the lunar surface, largely intact. The most powerful ...

A rocket is scheduled to launch next year that will take along a robotic probe to orbit the moon. The probe is expected to provide details of how much water there is on the moon and where it is.

This array of missions from NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin and partners for 2025 reflects a busy year—and a dynamic and ...

Before Artemis II, NASA will send two missions to scout the surface of the lunar south pole for resources that could sustain human space travel and enable new scientific discoveries. File Photo by ...

This rocket is to carry a spacecraft called Lunar Trailblazer, which is supposed to orbit the moon in search of water. Our friend Joe Palca has been talking for years with the scientist in charge ...

Joining the lunar mining experiment is Lunar Trailblazer, a satellite launching on the same Falcon 9 rocket. Think of this setup as a multimillion-dollar satellite Uber pool, or a rideshare where ...

Planetary geologists like me are interested in data from Lunar Trailblazer, one of these two scouting missions. The data from this mission will help us understand how water forms and behaves on ...