A new study using data from China's Chang'e-4 moon lander found an area of reduced radiation from cosmic rays near the moon. The findings could be used to improve the safety of lunar explorations.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is gearing up for some new scientific and discovery advances in the next 10 years. A main objective – led by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman – includes a moon base.

NASA has rolled the Artemis 2 Space Launch System rocket back to Launch Complex-39B. SLS spend nearly a month inside the Vehicle Assembly Building for maintenance after an initial rollout to the pad in January,

NASA's giant moon rocket is back on the launch pad in Florida, setting the stage for what appears to be an imminent launch of the Artemis 2 mission.

(March 24): Nasa plans to invest US$20 billion over the next seven years to develop a base on the surface of the moon, the latest major strategy shakeup aimed at enabling humans to live on the lunar surface long-term.

The plans come about a week before NASA hopes to launch astronauts around the moon and back for the first time since the end of its Apollo program in 1972.