Earth's Moon

A new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery. These findings place upper bounds on how much water meteorites could have supplied later in Earth’s history. Research has previously shown that meteorites may have been a significant source of Earth’s water as they […]

Posted January 23, 2026

Earth's Moon

International Space Station (ISS)

Waxing Gibbous Moon

The waxing gibbous moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 3, 2025, as it orbited 263 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Quebec, Canada. In our entire solar system, the only object that shines with its own light is the Sun. […]

Posted December 2, 2025

Centennial Challenges

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Centennial Challenges News

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Marshall Space Flight Center

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Lunar Challenge Winner Tests Technology in NASA Thermal Vacuum Chamber

By Savannah Bullard One year after winning second place in NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, members of the small business Starpath visited NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of their prize opportunity to test their upgraded lunar regolith excavation and transportation rover in the center’s 20-foot thermal vacuu

Posted September 26, 2025

General

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Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Artemis II Crew Both Subjects and Scientists in NASA Deep Space Research

With Artemis II, NASA is taking the science of living and working in space beyond low Earth orbit. While the test flight will help confirm the systems and hardware needed for human deep space exploration, the crew also will be serving as both scientists and volunteer research subjects, completing a suite of experiments that will […]

Posted September 11, 2025

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Selects Instruments for Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle

NASA has selected three instruments to travel to the Moon, with two planned for integration onto an LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) and one for a future orbital opportunity. The LTV is part of NASA’s efforts to explore the lunar surface as part of the Artemis campaign and is the first crew-driven vehicle to operate on […]

Posted July 10, 2025

Science-enabling Technology

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NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space

NASA will soon launch a one-of-a-kind instrument, called Arcstone, to improve the quality of data from Earth-viewing sensors in orbit. In this technology demonstration, the mission will measure sunlight reflected from the Moon— a technique called lunar calibration.

Posted June 21, 2025

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

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Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA’s LRO Views ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon Lander Impact Site

On June 11, NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) captured photos of the site where the ispace Mission 2 SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon (RESILIENCE) lunar lander experienced a hard landing on June 5, 2025, UTC. RESILIENCE was launched on Jan. 15 on a privately funded spacecraft. LRO’s right Narrow Angle Camera (one in a suite […]

Posted June 20, 2025

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Michoud Assembly Facility

Moon and Flag at NASA Michoud

Just after sunrise, the waning gibbous moon sets just behind a waving United States flag on March 19, 2025, in this image from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The waning gibbous moon phase comes after the full moon. As the Moon begins its journey back toward the Sun, the opposite side of the […]

Posted May 23, 2025

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Goddard Space Flight Center

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

NASA’s LRO Views Japan’s RESILENCE Lunar Lander Landing Area

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) imaged the landing area of the ispace SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander which is slated to land on the surface of the Moon no earlier than June 5, 2025 (UTC). This view of the primary landing area is 3.13 miles (5,040 meters) wide and north is up. […]

Posted May 16, 2025