Artemis plan

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Blue Origin

Blue Origin addresses investors for the first time: seeks to raise $10 billion

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Blue Origin, which has been funded primarily by Jeff Bezos since its inception, is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion in private capital. The money is intended to support expanded launch operations, lunar missions, satellite networks, and rehabilitation.
NASA's Artemis 3 crew: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Breznik and Frank Rubio in an official mission portrait.

NASA selects Artemis 3 crew, but New Glenn explosion casts shadow on path back to the Moon

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The next Artemis mission will remain in low Earth orbit and test docking with SpaceX and Blue Origin lunar landers. The New Glenn explosion could delay the 2028 manned landing plan.
Blue Origin's New Glenn launcher on the launch pad. An explosion during a static ignition test could delay the schedules of the launcher and the Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin

New Glenn launcher explosion: A blow to Blue Origin – and a warning sign for the moon return plan

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Blue Origin's New Glenn launcher on the launch pad. An explosion during a static ignition test could delay the schedules of the launcher and the Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin
The launch of the Shenzhou-23 manned spacecraft aboard the Long March-2F launcher from the Jiuquan Launch Center in China

China has launched a manned mission to its space station, in preparation for a moon landing by 2030.

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The Shenzhou-23 spacecraft carried three astronauts to the Tiangong space station. One of them is expected to remain in orbit for a full year, in China's first-of-its-kind experiment in prolonged human spaceflight.
Seconds before the Artemis II spacecraft lands. Screenshot: NASA

Live broadcast: Artemis II landed safely

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Orion's first crewed deep-space test flight tested launch, flight, return and recovery systems — paving the way for the next phase of the lunar return program
The Moon as photographed from the window of the Orion spacecraft at the end of Artemis II's fifth flight day (April 6, 2026), shortly before the historic pass around the far side of the Moon. Credit: NASA.

Live broadcast: The decisive day – Artemis II preparing to pass around the far side of the Moon

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NASA reports that Orion is on a precise trajectory for its passage around the moon on April 6, 2026. During the orbit, astronauts are expected to break the record for the distance humans have traveled from Earth and pass behind the moon.
A view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Weisman from one of the Orion spacecraft windows after completing the lunar orbit injection maneuver on April 2, 2026. The image shows two auroras, at the top right and bottom left, while the **Zodiac Light** is visible at the bottom right as the Earth obscures the Sun. Credit: NASA

Artemis II Day 3: Orion continues precisely toward the Moon without need for trajectory corrections; the receding Earth is fully imaged

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After the lunar orbit injection, the mission control center determined that the spacecraft was already on the correct path to pass near the moon on April 6, and the team began preparations for the scientific observation window around the moon.
Artemis II launch. Photo: NASA

Live broadcast: Artemis II launched on first manned flight around the moon since Apollo

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The Artemis II mission is set to be the first manned flight of the Artemis program, with four astronauts in the Orion spacecraft to orbit the Moon and back, as a crucial step toward resuming human presence on the Moon.
Artemis II crew members who will orbit the Moon: NASA's Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Photo: NASA

Randy “Comrade” Bresnik of NASA presented at the Ilan Ramon conference: This is how the Artemis program returns humanity to the moon

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At the 21st Ilan Ramon International Space Conference, a NASA astronaut described Artemis II as the first manned step around the moon, and Gateway as the interim station for the era after the International Space Station.
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel at the 21st Ilan Ramon Space Conference, January 28, 2026. Screenshot from a video by the Ministry of Science

Minister Gamliel at the Ramon Conference: A decade-long agreement with NASA, a space laboratory in Mitzpe Ramon, and an Israeli astronaut

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At the opening of the 21st Ramon Conference at Tel Aviv University, the Minister of Innovation presented a vision for the coming decade: cooperation with NASA until 2035, promotion of the first Israeli female astronaut, and the establishment of “Access to Space” in Mitzpe Ramon with an investment
A perfect cosmic circle captured by Webb shows a distant spiral galaxy twisted around a closer elliptical galaxy. This Einstein ring provides a glimpse into the warped nature of spacetime. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G.

2025 in Space Summary: Hints of Life, a Commercial Moon, and a Sharper Look at the Risks

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Webb reignited the debate about signs of life on distant planets, the Moon advanced thanks to commercial missions, and Earth's orbit reminded us how crowded and fragile it is – with launches, a nearby asteroid, and preparations
Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt samples a rock at Station 7, at the foot of the North Mountain in the Taros-Littrow Valley. The large rock was dislodged by a powerful moonquake about 28.5 million years ago, likely the result of activity on the Lee-Lincoln Fault. Credit: NASA/JSC/ASU

Moonquakes could threaten future manned missions and infrastructure

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New study reveals that moderate-intensity tremors associated with the Lee-Lincoln fault in the Taros-Lytaro Valley could endanger permanent bases as part of the Artemis program
An artistic rendering of NASA's next-generation lunar rover on the surface of the moon. Credit: NASA

NASA's new lunar rover will search for ice, measure minerals, and reveal what lies beneath the surface

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Three scientific instruments will reveal water and minerals, enabling a deeper understanding of the Moon ahead of humans' return to it as part of the Artemis program
After delivering ten NASA science and technology payloads to the near side of the Moon through the CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and NASA's Artemis operation, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander captured this image of a sunset from the surface of the Moon. Credit: Firefly Aerospace

NASA captures sunset on the moon in stunning leaping images of dust and light (4K)

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SuperLimbs. Photography: Erik Ballesteros and Harry Asada

"Nahum Takum"-style robotic legs may help astronauts on the moon get up from falls

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New MIT system called SuperLimbs may help astronauts conserve energy and extend missions on the moon
Spacecraft satellites and space debris in orbit around the Earth. Illustration: depositphotos.com

New algorithms will make it possible to increase the warning before a dangerous collision in space and at sea

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The space between the Earth and the Moon is going to become extremely crowded during the next 10 years. With NASA's planned missions in the Artemis program and other countries participating in the space race in this region, there is a lot of interest
Astronaut Kate Robbins looks at a geological sample she collected during a simulated moonwalk. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Michael Jackson in Arizona caves - NASA is rehearsing for moon walks

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During NASA's Operation Artemis, astronauts will tour the moon. To prepare for this, the space agency is conducting a weeklong field experiment in the lunar-like landscape of the San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona, to
Artemis II crew members (from left) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Weisman, exit the astronaut crew quarters in the Neil Armstrong Building to the Artemis crew transport facilities, before traveling to Launch Pad 39B As part of the Integrated Ground Systems Experiment at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Wednesday, September 20, to test the crew's schedule on launch day. Now they will have to wait another year for the actual flight. NASA photo

The moon will have to wait another year

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NASA is postponing the Artemis II and 3 missions by a year to 2025 and 2026, respectively. The reason: repeated malfunctions. One of them occurred this week - the fuel leak from the Peregrine lunar lander.
Lunar lander Peregrine inside the upper stage of the Vulcan launcher. Simulation during the launch according to real data. NASA photo

The Peregrine lunar lander was launched - the first private lander and also the first American landing since Apollo

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The Peregrine lander is carrying a variety of scientific instruments to study the radiation and soil composition on the moon, along with an unusual payload that includes a small rover, a bitcoin coin, and the ashes and DNA of several celebrities - including
Astronaut on the moon. Image: NASA

The astronauts are returning to the moon, but they will not repeat the Apollo missions

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using the same main engines and solid rocket booster technology that powered the space shuttle. The space agency has made many improvements, and learned the hard-earned lessons from past disasters. SLS and Orion represent evolution
NASA's Artemis II mission crew (left to right): NASA astronauts Christina Mick Cook, Reid Wiseman (seated), Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Credit: NASA

NASA has announced the four astronauts who will orbit the moon on the Artemis II mission, the first since Apollo.

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Among the four are Victor Glover who spent six months on the International Space Station, but at NASA for some reason they emphasize the color of his light, as well as Christina Hemock Cook - the first woman to fly to the lunar orbit
Artist's impression of the Moon Gate, a habitat, refueling and research center for astronauts exploring the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Credit: NASA/Alberto Bertolin

what time is it on the moon Researchers suggest applying the time zone method to the moon as well

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what time is it on the moon Researchers suggest accommodating the time zone system on the moon as well
The SLS launcher with the Artemis 1 spacecraft on it was due to launch at the original launch on August 29, 2022. The launch was delayed due to a hydrogen leak from one of the engines. Photo PR, NASA

Artemis 1 launch canceled again due to hydrogen leak (live broadcast)

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After the launch was postponed due to a malfunction in one of the engines, NASA engineers made a series of repairs * Duration of the launch window: XNUMX hours
This artist impression shows an aerial view of the liftoff of a NASA Space Launch System rocket. This Block 1 crew configuration of the rocket will send the first three Artemis missions to the moon. Credit: NASA/MSFC

Final preparations for the launch of the Artemis 1 SLS lunar launcher for launch at the end of the month

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NASA's target launch date is now August 29th at 08:33 EST in a two-hour time window. If there is a successful launch on August 29th the mission will last approximately 42 days -
A rendering of the new spacesuit that NASA is designing for the Artemis astronauts. The suit is called the xEMU, or Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit. Credit: NASA

There is enough oxygen on the moon's surface to support billions of people living there

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Current estimates indicate that the upper ten meters of the moon's surface contain enough elemental oxygen to create enough O2 for every person on Earth for the next hundred thousand years - more than enough for colonization
The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), which will be built by Astrobotics. illustration:

NASA has chosen Astrobotics to manufacture a robotic vehicle that will search for water on the moon

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Masten's XL-1 lunar lander will carry science and technology probes to the moon's south pole in 2022. Image: Masten Space Systems

NASA chose the Masten company to build and launch scientific instruments to the moon

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Figure: The Artemis program's lunar lander from which the astronauts will take off. Image: NASA

The Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama will be responsible for the development of the Artemis lunar lander

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Genesis, the commercial version of Genesis that IAI will develop for FIREFLY. From the company website

IAI will develop a lunar lander for one of NASA's subcontractors in the return to the moon project - Artemis

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Future astronauts on the moon under the Artemis program. Image: NASA

Project Artemis and the return to the Moon: NASA's plans

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Houston-based Intuitive Machining has proposed flying up to five probes to a scientifically intriguing dark spot on the moon Credit: Intuitive Machining

NASA selects the initial commercial lunar landing services for the Artemis program

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The "moon gate" in its orbit around the moon. Image: NASA

The Moongate satellite - one of the components of the Artemis program - will be purchased from a private company

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