Earth's Moon

Artemis
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Program
Gateway Space Station
Johnson Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Learn about the handy device NASA is developing to help astronauts rehydrate their meals aboard the Gateway Lunar Space Station during the ambitious Artemis IV mission.
Posted September 5, 2024
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Earth's Moon
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters
A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027 following the agency’s latest CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative delivery award.
Posted August 29, 2024
Gateway Space Station
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Program
Glenn Research Center
Johnson Space Center
Discover the cutting-edge technology powering Gateway, humanity's first lunar space station.
Posted August 22, 2024
Earth's Moon
Skywatching
The Moon of August 30-31, 2023, is a full moon, a supermoon, and a blue moon. Here’s what it all means.
Posted August 19, 2024
Apollo 15
Earth's Moon
This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken on July 29, 1971, during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle. Designed to explore the Moon over longer periods, greater ranges, and […]
Posted August 13, 2024
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Earth's Moon
VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)
As part of its commitment to a robust, sustainable lunar exploration program for the benefit of all, NASA issued a Request for Information Friday to seek interest from American companies and institutions in conducting a mission using the agency’s VIPER Moon rover.
Posted August 10, 2024
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
Centennial Challenges
Centennial Challenges News
Earth's Moon
Mars
Marshall Space Flight Center
Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing News
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA invites the media and public to explore the nexus of space and food innovation at the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge symposium and winners’ announcement at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 16.  In 2019, NASA and the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) started the Deep Space Food […]
Posted August 2, 2024
Earth's Moon
Ranger 7
On July 31, 1964, the Ranger 7 spacecraft took this photo, the first image of the Moon taken by a United States spacecraft. 17 minutes later, it crashed into the Moon on the northern rim of the Sea of Clouds as intended. The 4,316 images sent back helped identify safe Moon landing sites for Apollo […]
Posted July 31, 2024
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lunar Discovery & Exploration Program
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has twice transmitted a laser pulse to a cookie-sized retroreflector aboard JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) SLIM lander on the Moon and received a return signal.
Posted July 29, 2024
Gateway Space Station
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Gateway Program
Johnson Space Center
Learn how engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center are using electric field testing to optimize communications for the Gateway space station that will support Artemis exploration of the Moon.
Posted July 29, 2024
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