The Moon 26 Stories

The race back to the lunar surface is on. We look at the countries fighting to head to the moon, the technology that’s allowing it, and the continued impacts of the Apollo program on space today.

NASA Artemis moon landing

Space

The 17 biggest lunar missions leading up to NASA’s 2024 moon landing

NASA’s Artemis program is heralding a moon rush, and nobody—from SpaceX to Russia—wants to be left behind.

by Neel V. Patel
2020-02-27T05:00:12-05:00

Space

NASA has now decided what it is going to send to the moon next year

by Neel V. Patel
2020-01-23T13:18:03-05:00

Space

These are the most detailed photos yet of the far side of the moon

The Chang’e 4 mission continues to give us an extraordinary first look at a part of the moon we’ve never explored before.

by Neel V. Patel
2020-01-23T12:32:15-05:00

VIPER is a NASA rover that will look for water ice at the moon's south pole.

Space

NASA is sending a rover to the moon to look for water ice

by Neel V. Patel
2019-10-28T13:40:52-04:00

Jeff Bezos showing off the Blue Moon design.

Space

Blue Origin will lead a four-company team to build NASA’s lunar lander

by Neel V. Patel
2019-10-22T13:23:45-04:00

ISRO mission control

Space

India has found its Vikram lander after it crashed into the moon’s surface

by Neel V. Patel
2019-09-06T17:05:15-04:00

yutu rover chang e 4

Space

China says it found something bizarre and unexpected on the moon

by Neel V. Patel
2019-09-04T16:51:18-04:00

Gateway 2024 Artist Concept

Space

5 reasons why NASA’s 2024 moon landing looks unlikely

The odds that NASA can accomplish its huge task in five years are looking longer and longer with each passing week.

by Neel V. Patel
2019-08-27T12:36:43-04:00

Space

The world’s smallest big rocket company

Dave Masten builds rockets on a shoestring in the desert—can he help NASA reinvent itself as a lean, agile enterprise?

by Haley Cohen Gilliland
2019-06-26T07:00:37-04:00

An illustration showing a question mark and the moon

Space

The case for sending people back to the moon

Hard to justify in practical terms, a return to the moon nonetheless seems almost inevitable

by Oliver Morton
2019-06-26T07:00:34-04:00

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