Science news articles about 'moon base'

NASA has moved closer to developing new nuclear reactors the size of a trash can for future moon bases.

NASA is tip-toeing once again into what was once called the N-word — nuclear — with a technology development program aimed at powering its planned base on the moon.

NASA chief defends decision to go to moon before Mars.

... it could potentially provide a water source for the eventual establishment of a manned base on the moon. A moon base could be used as a platform for exploration into the further reaches of our solar ...

New images from NASA spacecraft show the Apollo landing sites in sharp detail. Compare photographs of moon-landing bases taken before and after the astronauts landed on the moon.

A presidential space panel on Thursday challenged NASA's vision of establishing a base on the moon and instead weighed other ambitious options that include free-ranging spaceships that could visit ...

... across the Moon. LRO's findings are expected to be valuable to the future consideration of a permanent Moon base. Just as the south pole hosts permanently shadowed regions because of the Moon's ...

The moon has water, but an oxygen generator would also be needed for the possibility of a moon base to become a reality.

Lunar bulldozer robots may perform site preparation for moon bases.

A committee convened by NASA is weighing the feasibility of space missions that include Moon bases, touring asteroids and landing on Mars.

Nasa's hopes of creating a permanently crewed moon base may have taken one giant leap forward ... legs and are connected by an airlock. The most likely initial moon base would involve astronauts moving ...