The circular diameter means the impact that created the South Pole-Aitken basin, which stretches nearly 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across the far side of the moon, may have been much deeper.

As a new administration looms, NASA's Artemis II SLS moon rocket is ready for stacking inside the VAB. The goal is a 2026 ...

NASA gives the commercial space company a $179.6 million contract to deliver six scientific instruments to the moon’s surface ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA NASA's first two crewed Artemis moon missions have been pushed back to 2026 and 2027 ...

The heat shield is the latest in a series of setbacks for the Artemis project, which aims to return humans to the moon. President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to shake things up after ...

FAA: What’s holding up next Starship launch, development of Artemis lunar lander ... crew - four astronauts who will fly around the moon. On Monday, NASA let reporters get a closeup of the ...

NASA has pushed back its Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 lunar missions ... the first mission that brought back soil from the far side of the Moon, is about 2.8 billion years old, suggesting the landing ...

a picture is beginning to form for NASA’s pursuit of the first human spaceflight of its Artemis program to the moon. While the launch of Artemis II is still officially more than 16 months away ...