NASA officials on Tuesday detailed the space agency’s plans to establish a lunar base, where astronauts could live and work long-term with the ultimate goal of studying the moon and its origins, as well as how best to send the first humans to Mars.

NASA has unveiled early details of its Artemis III mission, which in 2027 could send astronauts to Earth orbit to test two commercial lunar landers.

NASA has awarded contracts worth nearly $1 billion to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Firefly Aerospace Inc. to build and deliver early infrastructure for a permanent moon base, the agency's first major commercial procurement push under

Artemis II flew four astronauts around the moon. Now, NASA must land humans on its surface, build a moon base and stay ahead of an up-and-coming space rival. The work is already underway. "We can launch history-making missions like Artemis II," NASA ...

NASA's Artemis astronauts can now train on a full-scale replica of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

NASA’s Artemis program is planning to build a permanent Moon base near the lunar south pole, starting with robotic missions and gradually expanding into a long-term human settlement. The project will support future deep space missions,

The Artemis program is becoming one of NASA's most important efforts for future moon colonization and long-term moon exploration. Unlike earlier lunar missions focused mainly on short visits, Artemis is designed to help astronauts stay on the Moon longer ...

During an evening test fire on May 28, 2026, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded, engulfing the launchpad in a massive fireball. The spectacular fire, caught on video, not only destroyed the rocket but also appears to have significantly damaged Blue Origin’s only launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.