NASA's Artemis 2 mission is targeting an April 1 launch, sending a crew of astronauts on a historic trip around the moon.

A US Senate committee has directed NASA to begin work on a moon base "as soon as is practicable." Under legislation advanced ...

China and the U.S. are in a high-stakes race to build permanent lunar outposts. Can both nations coexist on the moon?

The impetus for establishing a "Lunar Surface Moon Base" is that America is in a space race with China. For the first time, ...

This week, authorities in Albuquerque continue searching for clues in the mysterious disappearance of retired U.S. Air Force Major General William Neil McCasland.

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American space companies Interlune and Venturi Astrolab partnered to test a lunar excavator on the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover.

For a while, NASA's future looked to be on shaky ground, but this new proposal seems like a fresh vote of confidence.

The year 2006 was full of cultural shock waves: Twitter was loosed upon the internet, Pluto was declared a dwarf planet, and Neil LaBute released his reimagining of Robin Hardy’s 1973 folk horror film ...

What is the most important step that humanity must take to avoid extinction? According to the late physicist Stephen Hawking, the answer lies far beyo.

Deep in the Nevada desert sits Area 51, a military facility so secret the U.S. government refused to even acknowledge it for decades. Hidden within restricted airspace and guarded by heavy security, ...

Mars might have its own defense mechanism against life from Earth, in a kind of reverse of "The War of the Worlds" scenario ...