Earth's Moon

As NASA works to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, researchers have reached a breakthrough by extracting oxygen at a commercial scale from simulated lunar soil at Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The achievement moves NASA one step closer to its goal of utilizing resources on the Moon and beyond […]

Posted May 5, 2025

Kennedy Space Center

Earth's Moon

Game Changing Development Program

Moons

NASA Directorates

Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Moon Observing Instrument to Get Another Shot at Lunar Ops

A NASA-developed technology that recently proved its capabilities in the harsh environment of space will soon head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped under the lunar surface thanks to a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between NASA and commercial company Magna Petra Corp.

Posted April 28, 2025

Artemis

Artemis 4

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Gateway Space Station

General

Humans in Space

Lunar Space Station Module for NASA’s Artemis Campaign to Begin Final Outfitting

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

Artemis 3

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Engineering & Safety Center Academy

Spacesuits

xEVA & Human Surface Mobility

NASA Tests Key Spacesuit Parts Inside This Icy Chamber

A JPL facility built to support potential robotic spacecraft missions to frozen ocean worlds helps engineers develop safety tests for next-generation spacesuits.

Posted April 24, 2025

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Receives Some Data Before Intuitive Machines Ends Lunar Mission

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

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Johnson Space Center

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Second Private Moon Landing

Carrying NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations, Intuitive Machines is targeting their Moon landing no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6.

Posted March 4, 2025

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Artemis

Blue Ghost (lander)

Earth's Moon

Goddard Space Flight Center

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

Touchdown! Carrying NASA Science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon

Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the northeast quadrant of the Moon’s near side. The Blue Ghost lander is in an upright […]

Posted March 2, 2025

Lunar Trailblazer

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Earth's Moon

Lunar Science

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer

The small satellite mission will map the Moon to help scientists better understand where its water is, what form it’s in, how much is there, and how it changes over time. Launching no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer will help resolve an enduring mystery: Where is the Moon’s water? After sharing a […]

Posted February 26, 2025

Artemis

Artemis 4

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Gateway Program

Gateway Space Station

Glenn Research Center

Humans in Space

Technology

Technology for Space Travel

NASA Prepares Gateway Lunar Space Station for Journey to Moon

Assembly is underway for Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element, the module that will power the lunar space station's journey to and around the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign.

Posted February 25, 2025

Artemis

Artemis 4

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Gateway Space Station

Humans in Space

Johnson Space Center

NASA Marks Artemis Progress With Gateway Lunar Space Station

NASA and its international partners are making progress on Gateway – the lunar space station that will orbit the Moon as a centerpiece of the agency’s Moon to Mars architecture.

Posted February 21, 2025