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Just a few months ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) released designs for the first full-time human habitat on the lunar surface...

University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, Apr. 10, 2019) — The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has been tapped by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to join a team that will build...

China has taken a major step toward long-term space exploration. Earlier this month, the Chinese moon probe Chang’e 4 carried a container with cotton, mustard and potato seeds, yeast and fruit fly eggs to the moon’s far...

A private aerospace institute in China has announced its ambitious plan to launch an "artificial moon" into stationary orbit above the city of Chengdu...

Charles Duke, 1972 There are only 12 men who have walked on the moon, and only 4 are still living. Selected from the best of the best at the time, with impeccable reputations, why would any of them speak out and risk being...

Get ready to have your ideas about the Moon shattered. Scientists from Harvard University and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have put forth a new model for the Moon's origin, and it's mind-bending to say the...

Pollution isn't just Earth's problem anymore. Despite not having established a permanent lunar residency, humans have already managed to dump 400,000 pounds of trash on the Moon. Much of this debris has been left behind over...

Next week, on January 31, turn your eyes to the sky, because the moon is going to do something that it hasn't done in a century and a half. On the last day of this month, lucky celestial viewers are going to witness a super...

NASA is returning to the Moon. President Donald Trump signed a directive in December to "refocus America's space program on human exploration and discovery" using the Moon as something of a first step before a mission to...

On January 31, turn your eyes to the sky, because the moon is going to do something that it hasn't done in a century and a half. On the last day of the month, lucky celestial viewers are going to witness a super blue blood...

President Donald Trump's administration has made overtures about sending American astronauts back to the Moon. Yesterday, he signed Space Policy Directive 1, calling for a United States-led program with private sector partners...

Humankind took steps on the moon for the first time in 1969, and now vice president Mike Pence says it's time to go back. He penned an opinion editorial piece for The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) stating "America will lead in...

The space agencies of Russia and the United States just signed a joint statement to develop projects to further explore outer space. One could be the Deep Space Gateway, a lunar spaceport that could act as a launching point...

For years, scientists have assumed that the interior of the Moon is dry. However, a new study of satellite data has located numerous volcanic deposits around the moon - which could indicate large quantities of water trapped...

Feeling like you've had enough of this planet? Saturn's biggest moon, Titan, is an attractive option for a space colony, according to new research. Amanda Hendrix of the Planetary Science Institute and Yuk Yung of the California...