The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies.

The first three missions are targeted to launch this year. They’ll involve lunar landers developed by several aerospace companies, including Blue Origin, and deliver scientific instruments and a rover

On Episode 212 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Space.com's Mike Wall to discuss the loss of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin​, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Firefly Aerospace are awarded with hundreds of millions of dollars in NASA contracts for the first phase of its moon base plans.

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

Elon Musk announced his company SpaceX is shifting its focus from colonizing Mars to building a city on the moon. Musk stated that establishing a human presence on the moon is more feasible in the short term than on Mars. The new plan aligns more closely ...

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 development of a lunar space station and will instead ...

On Tuesday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman and other officials unveiled the space agency’s next small steps toward its long-sought giant leap of creating a “permanent” human

We've been hearing from NASA about its plans for a moon base to keep a permanent human presence there. It could end up covering the size of a large city - and Mars is next in the agency's sights. Follow the latest below.