NASA has awarded funds to Austin, Texas-based ICON, to develop construction technologies that could help build landing pads, habitats, and roads on the Moon using local lunar resources. (Image credit: ICON/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group) By Martina Elia Vitoloni, Published by The Conversation, 2 July 2025 In science-fiction stories, companies often mine
Tiangong Space Station – China Published by AsiaOne, 23 April 2025 BEIJING -The chief designer of China's lunar exploration programme accused the United States on Wednesday (April 23) of interfering in Beijing's attempts to co-operate with Europe and other foreign partners in space programmes. Wu Weiren, in a rare interview
By Zachary Small, Published by The New York Times 15 January 2025 The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated. For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to draw attention and resources to endangered cultural heritage
By Gbenga Oduntan, Published by Defense One, 7 January 2025 Outer space is infinite, but that hasn’t stopped humans trying to impose their laws on it. There are more ways for people to travel to space than ever before, and the next few decades are likely to see the US and China sending humans
By Victor Tangerman, Published by yahoo!news, 13 November 2024 NASA's plagued Space Launch System rocket, which is being developed to deliver the first astronauts to the Moon in over half a century, is on thin ice. According to Ars Technica senior space reporter Eric Berger's insider sources, there's an "at least 50-50"
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port at the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA) By Elizabeth Howell, Published by Space.com, 28 October 2024 Discussions are at an 'early stage.' Boeing may sell off its space business, including its Starliner program, amid large financial losses
NASA's Orion spacecraft flies by the moon, with Earth seen rising in the distance, during the Artemis I mission in 2022. Credit: NASA Published by Russia Today, 9 August 2024 One case of shoddy welding set production back seven months, the agency’s inspector general found NASA’s inspector general has issued
The Artemis II rocket core stage is wheeled out at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Credit: Aerospace News Posted by Russia Today, 9 August 2024 One case of shoddy welding set production back seven months, the agency’s inspector general found NASA’s inspector general has issued a damning report
