SpaceX is no longer talking about the Moon as a brief stopover. The company is sketching out how a fleet of giant rockets, industrial-scale refueling in orbit, and modular habitats could turn the ...

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...

There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years ...

The race to plug a nuclear reactor into the lunar regolith is no longer a thought experiment. The United States, China and Russia are now treating fission power on the Moon as a strategic objective, ...

WASHINGTON — President ‌Donald Trump enshrined the U.S. goal to put humans back on the moon by 2028 and defend space from weapon threats in a sweeping executive order issued on Thursday, the first ...

Russia plans to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade to supply its lunar space programme and a joint ...