A new study has revealed that our understanding of the South Pole-Aitken basin was quite literally back-to-front, meaning astronauts on NASA's future Artemis III mission may be able to collect valuable samples of ancient radioactive material,

Calls for the US to land astronauts back on the moon before China have been increasingly loud and frequent. But it all hinges on SpaceX’s Starship.

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SEATTLE — As NASA pushes forward with its Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon, Washington-based aerospace expert Dr. Roger Myers says Americans may need to wait a little longer than expected to see boots on the lunar surface again.

NASA could launch its Artemis II mission, which will fly astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, in February 2026.

NASA has started testing the Orion spacecraft that will take four astronauts on a voyage around the moon as part of the Artemis II mission currently scheduled for 2025.

SpaceX boss Elon Musk eventually hopes to use a fleet of Starship rockets to establish a permanent human colony on Mars, with the first human flights expected to take place as early as 2029, according to the tech billionaire. The latest Starship launch will be live streamed on SpaceX’s website, as well as on its official X page.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has laid out a roadmap that includes a crewed Moon mission by 2040 and its first human spaceflight, Gaganyaan, by 2027. ISRO Chairman V Narayanan confirmed that the space agency is preparing for a series of uncrewed test missions ahead of India's maiden human flight,