Artemis

Blue Ghost lander on the lunar surface. There are two other active private lunar missions, photo: Firefly Aerospace

Second private landing on the moon: Blue Ghost lands safely

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The Firefly lunar lander has successfully landed in the Mare Crisium region on the near side of the Moon, carrying NASA science and technology instruments as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
An artist's rendering of the design of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER). Its mission was to closely examine the location and concentration of ice and other resources at the lunar south pole Credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter

NASA has terminated the VIPER lunar rover project

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NASA issued a call to private companies that want to continue the project without government funding. NASA will focus on future lunar missions utilizing technologies and tools from VIPER
Simulation of the landing of the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft on the moon. Image: ISRO

India's Chandrayaan-3 Landing at the South Pole of the Moon - Space Policy Expert Explains the Context

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The fact that so many nations - the United States, Russia, China, India, Israel - and even commercial entities are interested in landing on the moon means that there are many opportunities to create new partnerships
The auxiliary objective is essential for NASA's Artemis 2 mission. Credit: ULA

The moon in the crosshairs: Technicians add a "target" to the Artemis 2 rocket

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The four astronauts aboard Orion will use a target attached to the space propulsion stage to demonstrate approach operations to test Orion's navigation capabilities. The target underwent illumination tests in May to ensure it could be seen
Amit Kshatriya is Deputy Associate Director of the Lunar to Mars Program Office at NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate. Credit: NASA

NASA launched the Moon to Mars Program Office

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The Space Operations Mission Directorate remains responsible for all space operations in low Earth orbit and focuses on the space station, space communications, and navigation that support all of NASA's human exploration and science missions.
Fission power generation systems—seen in this concept illustration—could provide reliable power for lunar exploration aboard Artemis. Credit: NASA

Nuclear power on the moon: NASA selects a design idea for a power generation system by fission

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NASA and the US Department of Energy are funding the development of initial design concepts for a 40 kW FSP system that is planned to operate for at least ten years in the lunar environment
The command module of the Apollo 17 spacecraft in the museum at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo: shutterstock

The last man on the moon (so far)

The Apollo 17 mission was mankind's last manned visit to the Moon. In 2024, if all goes as planned, the first woman will set foot on the moon
Masten's XL-1 lunar lander will carry science and technology probes to the moon's south pole in 2022. Image: Masten Space Systems

NASA chose the Masten company to build and launch scientific instruments to the moon

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Genesis, the commercial version of Genesis that IAI will develop for FIREFLY. From the company website

IAI will develop a lunar lander for one of NASA's subcontractors in the return to the moon project - Artemis

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Future astronauts on the moon under the Artemis program. Image: NASA

Project Artemis and the return to the Moon: NASA's plans

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Artist's impression of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) orbiting the Moon as the dust scatters the light during a lunar eclipse. Image: NASA

Even without inter-power cooperation, US spacecraft will learn about the moon when they follow the Shanghai 3 spacecraft landing on the moon today

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The trajectory of the Artemis P1 spacecraft until it reached point L2

Spaceships are retraining again - earth research for moon research

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