What Time Is It on the Moon?
Lunar astronauts will need to synchronize their watches on future missions. But on a rock that rotates much slower than Earth, time gets weird fast. ..
Lunar astronauts will need to synchronize their watches on future missions. But on a rock that rotates much slower than Earth, time gets weird fast. ..
The student winners of a NASA competition designed a serpentine bot that could sidewind across lunar regolith or roll down hills. ..
Space agencies and companies aim to send people to the Red Planet. But settling there would be hell on—well, you know what we mean. ..
A briefcase-sized satellite will ping lasers at the lunar South Pole to locate ice and map it for future human explorers. ..
The craft survived a 26-day voyage and a scorching descent. Now it’s time for NASA engineers to learn what went wrong—and what went right. ..
For the first time since the Apollo era, the agency is preparing for crewed visits to our lunar neighbor. Missions with astronauts are next. ..
Bad weather forced a third delay for the space agency’s SLS rocket plans—another setback for the uncrewed back-to-the-moon mission. ..
The uncrewed mission, the first major launch of the Artemis program, suffered a setback after a liquid hydrogen leak. ..
An engine problem caused the agency to postpone the launch that will kick off the Artemis program, the first major lunar mission since the Apollo era. ..
The US-led Artemis Accords attempt to update regulations for space exploration—but they raise questions about equity and resource use. ..