Scott Pace, the head of the National Space Council during the first Trump administration, talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the launch of Artemis II crewed mission round the Moon.
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Artemis II has been plagued by similar issues to those faced by its predecessor, leading NASA to shake up its plan to return humans to the Moon.
NASA’s new plans for its Artemis moon exploration program reduces risks and increases the likelihood of a successful human mission to the moon’s surface in 2028.
Several robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon can take detailed pictures of its surface, so why send people around the Moon? A planetary geologist explains the benefits.
Gateway is a planned outpost in lunar orbit, but can it survive a current re-think of the Nasa-led Artemis programme?
A number of companies are working on plans to extract precious resources from the Moon.
Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin is now the second, after SpaceX, to land a rocket booster for reuse.
China has been building towards this mission for more than 20 years.
Nasa has reopened a SpaceX lunar landing contract to competitors.
The US space agency has opened up a lunar lander contract held by Space X to competition.
A planetary scientist who has participated in analog missions describes their value for planning space exploration – and learning about extreme environments on Earth.
The mission should launch on a flyby of the Moon in February 2026.
If you try to launch or land a spacecraft anywhere close to another object on the lunar surface, that object will get sandblasted with rocks, dust and sand.
The space agency faces major competition from rising space powers such as China and India.
Billionaire CEO Jared Isaacman has worked closely with SpaceX. He expressed an interest in sending missions to both the Moon and Mars if confirmed.
There’s been speculation that Donald Trump may cancel the Space Launch System rocket, which Nasa intended to use to get from the Moon to Mars.
Wearing the wrong shoe on Earth can lead to injury. Researchers still need to figure out the physical consequences of spending a long time walking around on the Moon.
From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an exciting year of launches and flybys.
It’s a good idea to make sure your spacecraft can take the heat that comes with reentering Earth’s atmosphere before you put people in it.
NASA administrators have hard choices to make, but the outcomes are often out-of-this-world exciting.
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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