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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Humans are preparing to return to the moon, but this time to stay. Scientists and engineers are planning long term habitats, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...