Artemis

Artemis
Artemis 4
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Space Station
General
Humans in Space
NASA continues to mark progress on plans to work with commercial and international partners as part of the Gateway program. The primary structure of HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) arrived at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona, where it will undergo final outfitting and verification testing.
Posted April 26, 2025
Marshall Space Flight Center
Artemis
Human Landing System Program
Humans in Space
Langley Research Center
NASA’s Artemis campaign will use human landing systems, provided by SpaceX and Blue Origin, to safely transport crew to and from the surface of the Moon, in preparation for future crewed missions to Mars. As the landers touch down and lift off from the Moon, rocket exhaust plumes will affect the top layer of lunar […]
Posted April 25, 2025
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Game Changing Development Program
Kennedy Space Center
Lunar Surface Technology Research
Missions
Moons
NASA Directorates
Science & Research
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the Moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16. Lunar dust is extremely abrasive and electrostatic, which means it clings to anything that carries a charge.
Posted March 27, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Blue Ghost (lander)
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Headquarters
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
After landing on the Moon with NASA science and technology demonstrations March 2, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 concluded its mission March 16. Analysis of data returned to Earth from the NASA instruments continues, benefitting future lunar missions.
Posted March 18, 2025
Missions
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA and Firefly Aerospace will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 18, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the company’s successful Blue Ghost Mission 1 on the Moon’s surface. Watch the news conference on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. U.S. media […]
Posted March 17, 2025
Johnson Space Center
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Missions
As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, managed out of Johnson Space Center in Houston, is paving the way for conducting lunar science for the benefit of humanity.
Posted March 14, 2025
General
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Langley Research Center
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
A team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, supported by Marshall Space Flight Center IN Huntsville, Alabama, has captured first-of-its-kind imagery of a lunar lander’s engine plumes interacting with the Moon’s surface, a key piece of data as trips to the Moon increase in the coming years under the agency’s Artemis campaign.
Posted March 13, 2025
Johnson Space Center
Artemis
General
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of Johnson
James Gentile always wanted to fly. As he prepared for an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy to become a pilot, life threw him an unexpected curve: a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. His appointment was rescinded.  With his dream grounded, Gentile had two choices—give up or chart a new course. He chose the […]
Posted March 10, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Shortly after touching down inside a crater on the Moon, carrying NASA technology and science on its IM-2 mission, Intuitive Machines collected some data for the agency before calling an early end of mission at 12:15 a.m. CST Friday. As part of the company’s second Moon delivery for NASA under the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar […]
Posted March 7, 2025
Artemis
Astromaterials
Science & Research
Uncategorized
When astronauts walk on the Moon, they’ll serve as the eyes, hands, and boots-on-the-ground interpreters supporting the broader teams of scientists on Earth.
Posted March 5, 2025
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