Both the United States and China are working to put their astronauts on the moon in the next few years, with NASA's acting administrator claiming that America will win the "race." But what happens if ...
The first of these was the loss of space shuttle Columbia in February, the second fatal shuttle accident, which signaled that ...
Early in his first term, President Trump held a modest ceremony directing NASA to return humans to the moon for the first time in 50 years. It was a goalpost set without a road map. Veterans of the ...
If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, should it be deflected or blown up? A paper from NASA scientists and ...
When the Chang’e 6 return capsule touched down in the dusty plains of Inner Mongolia in June 2024, it carried something no nation had ever retrieved: the first samples from the far side of the Moon.
Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon. Call it a nuclear moonshot: The U.S. aims to deliver a reactor to the lunar surface and beat a push by China and Russia to ...
On May 28, China launched Tianwen-2, a robotic mission that aims to land on a tumbling near-Earth asteroid barely the size of a conference room, extract samples and send them back to Earth. Yet, the ...
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, China’s space program is quietly but steadily ticking off the boxes needed for a crewed lunar landing before 2030 — and before the United States. As ...
Trump's fiscal year 2026 (FY 26) budget request cut NASA's budget by a historic 24%, with 47% of funding to agency science programs eliminated. Congress restored those cuts to match NASA's FY 25 ...
President Donald Trump's transportation secretary and interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy is set to announce plans this week to build a nuclear reactor on the moon according to news reports. The ...
The space agency has been grappling with budget uncertainties and a talent exodus even before the shutdown. But NASA’s moon ...
"The country that lands on the moon first will shape the rules of engagement in space for decades to come." Both the United States and China are working to put their astronauts on the moon in the next ...