Just over five years ago, on 22 February 2019, an unmanned space probe was placed in orbit around the Moon. Named Beresheet and built by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, it was intended to be ...

Rolls-Royce unveiled a concept model for a miniature nuclear reactor that could go to the moon. The reactor could one day power a colony of lunar astronauts. The company aims to have a reactor ready ...

The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China’s Chang’e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. Last month, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, ...

The company aims to have a reactor ready by the early 2030s. Rolls-Royce has revealed a concept model of a micronuclear reactor it plans to bring to the moon. The project, backed by a £2.9 million ...

Trains on the Moon? Northrop Grumman Is Studying How to Build a Lunar Railroad Northrop Grumman is looking into transit for a future lunar colony as part of a DARPA project focused on how the US and ...

CBS News host Vladimir Duthiers questioned the Trump administration's plan to establish a base on the moon and drew parallels to Earth's history of colonialism. On "CBS Mornings Plus" on Wednesday, ...

As humans barrel ever closer to colonizing the Moon, the prospect of lunar mining is also becoming more real — and the consequences just might be dire. Those experts make a straightforward point: the ...

NASA and SpaceX are working together to build a permanent human presence on the Moon, but how will they do it? From lunar bases and mining operations to Starship’s crucial role in the Artemis program, ...

Not only does Newt Gingrich want to build a permanent base on the moon by the end of his second term (wishful thinking, dude), he wants to set things up for it to become the 51st state: He added that ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 26, 2012 — -- A colony on the moon? Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich floated the idea before a massive audience on Florida's space coast. Thousands lost jobs there ...

The president announced his plans to help U.S. astronauts return to the moon and start laying down a foundation to eventually reach Mars. The Orion spacecraft is set to do a practice run around the ...