With the flag is Thomas Moser, then a NASA design engineer who was assigned to test Jack Kinzler’s design for safety during June 1969, before it went to the Moon.

And NASA already has their eye on an ideal spot: the moon’s untrodden south pole. Artemis 2, the second scheduled flight and the first crewed flight of the Artemis program, is currently slated ...

To ensure that the U.S. will plant its flag on the moon's south pole first, NASA signed a new $3 billion contract last year with Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, ...

NASA announced it is delaying Artemis II and III missions, meant to take American astronauts back to the moon, because of a problem with the capsule’s heat shield.

NASA's return to the moon, the Artemis Program, is targeting future astronaut landings near the lunar south pole where ice may be present in permanently shadowed craters — a potential source of ...

A new South Pole Safety Challenge has been launched, asking members of the public for help to design a Lunar Rescue System Credit: Nasa. It's part of a $45,000 (around £35,550) prize pool for ...

Intuitive Machines, LLC (“Intuitive Machines” or the “Company”), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, is collaborating with NASA to prioritize the return of ...

The Moon’s southern pole has also become the landing sight of India’s Chandrayaan-3, which became the first spacecraft to land at the Lunar South pole in August. This new NASA mosaic of the ...

The NASA VIPER rover will explore the south pole of the moon as early as 2024. But first, it has to pass the ramp test.