Artist’s impression of a future Interlune moon mining mission: Interlune By Oliver Holmes, Published by The Guardian, 1 April 2026 Within the lunar dirt is a type of helium so rare on Earth that a palm-sized container is estimated to be worth millions In the silent vacuum of space, five
A concept for a later phase of NASA's proposed lunar base. Credit: NASA By Patrick Pester, Published by Live Science, 25 March 2026 NASA's Gateway lunar space station won't launch next year in new changes to the Artemis program, which include ramping up development of a $20 billion moon base
A concept for a later phase of NASA's proposed lunar base. Credit: NASA By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 24 March 2026 WASHINGTON — NASA is halting plans to develop the lunar Gateway and instead focusing on the development of a lunar base. During an event at NASA Headquarters
Lunar base concept released by NASA in February 2026. Credit: NASA By Kevin Olsen, Fiona Henderson, The Conversation Published by phys.org, 12 March 2026 A US Senate committee has directed NASA to begin work on a moon base "as soon as is practicable." Under legislation advanced by the Senate lawmakers,
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the Golden Dome initiative in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025. | Alex Brandon/AP By Brooke Griswold, Published by Defense News, 19 February 2026 Just a year ago, SpaceX majority owner Elon Musk dismissed going to the moon as a “distraction.” Now,
Artist's illustration of a NASA moon base under construction. (Image credit: NASA) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 9 February 2026 The question is no longer if space governance must evolve, but how quickly it can keep pace with the realities of the new space age. Global activity in Earth
An illustration of a SpaceX "BFR" spaceship, a precursor to Starship, at a notional future lunar base from a 2017 speech by Elon Musk Credit: SpaceX By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 9 February 2026 WASHINGTON — A little more than a year after dismissing the moon as a
Multiple companies are planning to develop space-based data centers, which would greatly increase the number of satellites in Earth orbit. (Image credit: ESA) By Julian Dossett, Published by Space.com, 5 February 2026 U.S. companies also plan to build solar-powered data centers in space as the market becomes crowded on Earth.
