NASA is Looking for Ideas on How to Jump-Start a Lunar Economy!
To ensure that their payloads can get to the Moon, NASA is one again enlisting the help of HeroX to help them crowdsource innovative solutions!
NASA Announces 14 New “Tipping Point” Technologies for its Lunar Exploration
NASA recently awarded contracts to fourteen companies to develop technologies that will help them return to the Moon, and stay there!
NASA Chooses 10 Projects that Will Help it Live Off the Land… on the Moon
NASA has announced that it is investing in ten small business concepts that will allow astronauts to explore the Moon in a sustainable way.
NASA is Giving the SLS a “Green Run” to Prepare it for Launch in Late 2021
Engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center have resumed tests of the Core Stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) in anticipation of its inaugural launch next year.
Lunar Gateway Could be Built With the Falcon Heavy
NASA has announced that the Lunar Gateway could be launched in the coming years using the Falcon Heavy or another commercial provider.
The Companies Taking NASA Back to the Moon in 2024: Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics
NASA recently announced the three companies that will be building lunar landing systems to take astronauts back to the Moon – SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics.
The Lunar Gateway is No Longer a Required Part of the Artemis Mission to Return to the Moon by 2024
As anticipated, NASA has announced that the Lunar Gateway will no longer be part of their “return to the Moon” with Project Artemis.
NASA is Planning to Build a Lunar Rover With a 1-Meter Drill to Search for Water Ice
Meet VIPER, NASA’s new lunar rover, equipped with a drill to probe the Moon’s surface and look for water ice. VIPER, or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, will carry a one-meter drill and will use it to map out water resources at the Moon’s south pole. It’s scheduled to be on the lunar surface by …
Astrobotic is Going to Use a Vulcan Rocket For its Lunar Lander in 2021
The commercial delivery company Astriobiotic will be working with the ULA to send payloads to the Moon for NASA beginning in 2021.
Is NASA Sacrificing Sending Astronauts to Mars in Order to Get to the Moon Sooner?
By prioritizing speed over sustainability, the current US administration may be sacrificing NASA’s long-term goals of establishing a presence on the Moon and going to Mars.