Artemis

What Time is it on the Moon? Lunar GPS Needs to Know

GPS is ubiquitous on Earth. It guides everything from precision surveying to aircraft navigation. To realize our vision of lunar…

3 months ago

Dune-Inspired Stillsuits Could Allow Astronauts to Recycle Their Urine Into Water

If history has taught us one thing, it is that science fiction often gives way to science fact. Consider the…

4 months ago

A Moon Base Will Need a Transport System

Through the Artemis Program, NASA will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17 landed…

5 months ago

NASA's Skyrocketing Need for Cargo Deliveries to the Moon

NASA has big plans for the Moon. Through the Artemis Program, NASA plans to create a program of "sustained exploration…

5 months ago

Making Rocket Fuel Out of Lunar Regolith

In the coming years, NASA and other space agencies plan to extend the reach of human exploration. This will include…

5 months ago

Could A Mound of Dust and Rock Protect Astronauts from Deadly Radiation?

Protecting the astronauts of the Artemis program is one of NASA's highest priorities. The agency intends to have a long-term…

5 months ago

Astronauts are Practicing Lunar Operations in New Space Suits

Through the Artemis Program, NASA will send astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. While the…

6 months ago

NASA Wants Heavy Cargo Landers for the Moon

The Artemis Program represents NASA's effort to return to the Moon. One of the goals of the project is to…

6 months ago

Lunar Explorers Could Run to Create Artificial Gravity for Themselves

Few things in life are certain. But it seems highly probable that people will explore the lunar surface over the…

7 months ago

Artemis Astronauts Will Deploy New Seismometers on the Moon

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Apollo astronauts set up a collection of lunar seismometers to detect possible Moon quakes.…

7 months ago