NASA taps 2 companies to develop buggies for its moon base program
The FLEX Rover will be equipped to carry two astronauts and traverse hundreds of miles of lunar terrain.
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The FLEX Rover will be equipped to carry two astronauts and traverse hundreds of miles of lunar terrain.
Despite the Blue Origin explosion setback for NASA this week, its plan to return to the moon took a giant leap forward, ordering rovers for its planned lunar base. Kris Van Cleave has more details.
An analyst called the new commitment to pursue cislunar operations a โmassive policy changeโ for the Pentagon.
The rocket โ already grounded once in April after an engine failure โ blew up during a pre-launch test at Cape Canaveral. NASA's Artemis lunar timeline now faces fresh uncertainty.
MSI has unveiled a new Claw 8 handheld gaming PC ahead of the Computex 2026 show, and this model swaps out its predecessors' Intel Lunar Lake mobile chip for a specialized handheld processor. MSI describes the Claw 8 EX AI Plus as being the "world's first" handheld to contain the recently announced Intel Arc G3 [โฆ]
ABC News contributor and astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi discussed NASA's plan to establish a settlement on the lunar surface.
The projectโs first mission could arrive as soon as this year, with a little help from Blue Origin.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Originโ, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Firefly Aerospace are awarded with hundreds of millions of dollars in NASA contracts for the first phase of its moon base plans.
NASA is planning three new moon missions this year as the race to build a lunar city takes shape. NASA officials are hoping to maintain a presence on the south pole of the lunar surface. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more.
On Tuesday, NASA announced several upcoming lunar missions to the Moon's South Pole region. These missions will pave the way for the crewed Artemis landing slated for 2028, starting with three Moon Base missions NASA says are "the first of more than a dozen missions that will be announced this year." In addition to the [โฆ]
โ[F]uture American space security is at risk. Chinaโs military-led human space flight progression is positioning the Peopleโs Liberation Army to achieve strategic advantage in lunar access, infrastructure, and resources,โ Kyle Puma, Mitchell Institute senior resident fellow for space studies, said today.
Astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades were revealed on Monday, queuing up the quartet to begin training for the historic Artemis II lunar flyby that is set to take off in November 2024.