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Student-powered 'moon' rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026

Hundreds of students came together to design, build, and test rovers on an Earth obstacle course to prepare for the moon as ...

OTD in Space – June 2: First American Spacecraft on the Moon

On June 2, 1966, NASA's Surveyor 1 landed on the lunar surface to become the first American spacecraft to land on the moon. [ ...
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Healthcare on the moon and beyond—how NASA is preparing for medical emergencies in deep space

Space exploration will require healthcare systems that can function without guidance from Earth.

NASA's moon base plans include landers, buggies and drones for 2028 mission

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin​, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Firefly Aerospace are awarded with hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list

The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in ...
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What Lies Beyond Artemis 2? These Other Missions Are Setting Their Sights on the Moon This Year—and on a Future With Humans in Space

As the historic lunar flyby comes to a close, space companies and nations around the world are also shooting for the moon. Upcoming landings aim to change the landscape of space exploration ...
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China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: 'We will spare no effort'

China is melding its robotic Chang'e lunar probe activities with the country's human spaceflight program in an effort to land ...
Defense One

Space Force needs to prepare for an ‘in-person’ moon conflict with China, new report argues

The Space Force should prepare to put active-duty troops on the moon and on space stations to counter China’s lunar and ...

Here's what NASA said about its permanent moon base plans

NASA is launching uncrewed missions to transport lunar rovers and build a moon base at the lunar south pole before astronauts ...
Houston Public Media

NASA pauses plan to build a lunar space station to spend $20 billion on a lunar base

At Northrop Grumman's Gilbert, Arizona, facility, teams transport Gateway's HALO in April 2025. HALO would have been part of the Gateway space station, which NASA paused in March 2026. NASA is pausing ...

China launches crewed space flight as part of moon ambitions

China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early Monday as part of Beijing's ambitions to send humans to the moon by 2030, state media ...