What's the point of a space station around the moon?

The Lunar Gateway is a planned space station that will orbit the moon. It is part of the NASA‑led Artemis program. Artemis ...

Artemis II moon mission shows how U.S. space strategy has changed

NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how U.S. space strategy has changed since Apollo -- and contrasts with ...

Americans Are Going to the Moon Soon—Before China | Opinion

Military dominance of space will almost certainly lead to military dominance on Earth.

Here’s why Blue Origin just ended its suborbital space tourism program

Blue Origin has “paused” its New Shepard program for the next two years, a move that likely signals a permanent end to the ...

Bezos's Blue Origin to 'pause' space tourism to focus on moon efforts

Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin said Friday it would temporarily pause flights of its space tourism rocket to focus ...

Blue Origin pauses trips on rocket that carried Jeff Bezos, Katy Perry and William Shatner to space

Blue Origin is pausing flights aboard its suborbital space tourism rocket New Shepard in order to expedite development of a ...
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The most aggressive space program on Earth right now

China’s space program has grown from modest beginnings into one of the most ambitious efforts in human history. With plans that span the Moon, Mars, space stations, and long-term resource control, ...

Do you have ideas about how to improve America’s space program?

The first is the rapid rise of China’s space program, which only flew its first human to orbit in 2003 but now boasts spaceflight capabilities second only to the United States. The second trend is the ...
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NASA’s rivalry/not-rivalry with China’s space agency takes off

China’s Mengzhou is putting pressure on NASA’s lunar timeframe ...

After more than 50 years, NASA astronauts are going back to the moon

More than 50 years after NASA's last human mission to the moon, four astronauts, three Americans and a Canadian, are set for ...

The race to the Moon is back — NASA needs to get serious to beat the Chinese

NASA prepares to launch Artemis II mission in September, sending four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed lunar ...