With the debut launch of its next-generation megarocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), and the Orion crew capsule it is designed to carry, scheduled for next Monday, August 29, in Florida, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hopes to make a significant advancement in its revived lunar ambitions.

NASA all set to 'create history' with Artemis moon mission, precursor to first crewed Orion mission

Humans are all set to aim for the moon again with the Artemis program. The program will also pave way for the humans to embark on manned Mars missions.

Artemis I Explained: NASA's first mission to land humans on the moon after 50 years

In pics: NASA's gigantic SLS moon rocket, a 'practice' for future Mars mission

The hunt for alien life has been a strong pursuit for scientists over the years and it looks like Jupiter’s second Galilean Moon – Europa – can hold some significant answers.

Jupiter’s moon Europa could hold the answer to finding alien life

A lot of theories exist about the early dark days of the universe, but Chinese scientists have found a new way to get a glimpse into that period. The Discovering the Sky at the Longest Wavelengths (DSL) mission, which is also called Hongmeng, will be sending around ten satellites to orbit around the world in order to pick different cosmic signals.

Chinese scientists looking to use lunar satellites to understand initial days of earth

South Korea has joined the race to the Moon with the launch of its first lunar orbiter. The satellite launched by SpaceX is taking a long, roundabout path to conserve fuel and will enter the Moon’s orbit in December.

South Korea joins Lunar Race by sending its first spacecraft to the Moon

A popular sheep will soon be off to space, and while "it might be a small step for a human, it's a giant leap for lambkind". Shaun, the title character from the animated television series "Shaun the Sheep" has been selected as the first 'astronaut' abroad the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency's (ESA) Artemis 1 lunar mission.

'A giant leap for lambkind': Shaun the Sheep will be ESA, NASA's first 'astronaut' to the Moon

There's a possibility that humans will live on Moon — someday, one day. This is not just science fiction, scientists are actually optimistic as multiple researchers attempt to know how the so-called lunar habitation will happen in reality.

Some pits on the Moon have temperatures comfortable for humans, NASA finds

The NASA is now getting ready to send man to the moon, mars and beyond. NASA is ready for the next lunar odyssey, it has concluded its test for its Artemis program rockets.

Moon, Mars & Beyond: NASA to embark upon new lunar odyssey

American aerospace and defence company Lockheed Martin alongside tyre-maker Goodyear is reportedly working on a joint project to develop a new lunar rover that will be used by space astronauts for NASA's Artemis lunar landing program.

Lockheed Martin and Goodyear to jointly develop lunar rover for NASA's Artemis mission

Can we form human colonies on Moon and Mars? We do have concept designs ready but travel to space is in itself an extremely expensive enterprise. Space agencies and billionaires like Elon Musk are working in this direction but if a Japanese concept is implemented perfectly, we can possibly hop on to a bullet train and travel to Moon or Mars.

Bullet train to Mars? Such a research is indeed going on in Japan

How is a cult linked to the assassination of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe? Sri Lankan protesters storm the presidential palace & oust Gotabaya Rajapaksa from power & violent protests in China after a financial scandal results in a freeze of thousands of bank accounts Mohammed Saleh gets you an in-depth report on the world's biggest warzones of the week in World At War.

World at War | Episode 11: Space War between China & United States for dominance of the Moon

China has rejected a warning from the chief of NASA that China might "take over" the moon as part of a military programme, calling it an irresponsible smear. Molly Gambhir tells you how the space race is heating up.

WION Fineprint | NASA chief says China trying to take over the moon

Is it really possible for a country to take over Moon? Or declare Moon as its own territory? NASA accusations suggest so. On Saturday, NASA chief Bill Nelson said in an interview that China could someday land on the moon.

Is it possible for China to declare Moon as its own territory? Beijing rejects NASA's claims

A mystery rocket has crashed into moon creating two large craters. Scientists are baffled, they don't know where the rocket came from & why the impact was spread over two distinct areas. Palki Sharma reports.

Gravitas: Mysterious rocket crash on moon baffles scientists

Aliens, if they are there somewhere in the outer space have not yet made a contact with us. It may also be that they have and we missed the message. Just imagine an alien craft coming to Earth and then going back dejected because we were too busy doing other things than to notice them.

Mystery deepens as spacecraft crashes into Moon, creating a double crater

In the past, the Indian Space Research Organization has astounded the globe by carrying out space missions at astonishingly low rates. Following in this tradition, the ISRO has now set its sights on an expedition to Venus, which will only cost between Rs 5 billion and Rs 10 billion.

Watch | ISRO's yet another budget space trip: After moon and mars, India is going to Venus

Nasa, along with the US department of energy, is working to enhance space nuclear technologies. The space agency has chosen three design concept proposals for a fission surface power system design which may be ready for launch by the end of this decade for a demonstration on the Moon and is going to benefit exploration under the Artemis mission in the future.

NASA to test 3 nuclear fission plant designs on the Moon to power Martian and deep space exploration

Pluto may have been stripped of his status as a planet but the distant icy world, and its satellite Charon are surely objects of study. Pluto is more than 5 billion years away from Earth.

Mystery of 'red cap' on Pluto's moon finally solved

In pics: Moon sculptures, NFTs at futuristic Art Basel fair

Despite its prominent position in the night sky, Moon is a desolate landscape. The surface of Earth's only satellite appears mottled with great many impacts from space rocks.

It's confirmed, water on Moon is native to it

The Moon holds a special place in the minds of several people on Earth. To explore it, man has sent numerous probes and astronauts to the heavenly body. It seems the efforts have paid off as the Chinese researchers have been able to come up with a new and detailed geological map of the Moon, media reports said.

Unravelling new craters, structures: Moon’s most detailed, comprehensive geologic map unveiled by experts

NASA has picked two space companies under its Artemis programme— the agency’s flagship initiative to send humans back to the lunar surface— to develop the next-generation spacesuits for future astronauts to conduct spacewalks and eventually traverse the surface of the Moon.

NASA selects two companies to build next-generation lunar spacesuits

The plans to build a civilisation or at least a colony on the Mars or Moon has been a long-time idea for both scientists and entrepreneurs. While the idea has always existed, the logistics have been the main problem, but it seems that we may have a major solution.

How to make buildings in space? Dust from the Moon and Mars can help

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