NASA on Friday announced an abrupt change to its pathway to getting astronauts back on the lunar surface, opting to add in an additional crewed test flight before attempting to land.

Elon Musk's SpaceX company has a contract to build the lander - which will be flown to the Moon on a SpaceX Starship rocket.

NASA shifts Artemis 3 to low Earth orbit in 2027, opening potential competition beyond SpaceX Starship as the agency revises lunar landing timelines and mission architecture.

The overhaul in the flight lineup came just two days after NASA’s new moon rocket returned to its hangar for more repairs, ...

NASA has announced a major revision of its Artemis III mission, which had originally planned to put the first astronauts on the moon since 1972. The space agency has now confirmed that it needs more ...

The Artemis 2 mission, currently scheduled for launch in April, is the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft and SLS ...

The successful placement of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander on the Moon’s surface has been confirmed by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The private spacecraft, part of NASA’s Commercial ...