Earth's Moon

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
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Johnson Space Center
Science Mission Directorate
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
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
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
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 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
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Kennedy Space Center
With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon. Blue Ghost is slated to touch down near Mare Crisium, a plain in the northeast quadrant on the near side of […]
Posted February 14, 2025
Lunar Trailblazer
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Earth's Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lunar Science
Before arriving at the Moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Moon over several months to gradually line up for capture into lunar orbit. NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer arrived in Florida recently in advance of its launch later this month and has been integrated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
Posted February 13, 2025
Artemis
Artemis 4
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Program
Gateway Space Station
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
A key element of the Gateway lunar space station has entered the cleanroom for final installations after completing environmental stress tests.
Posted February 13, 2025
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