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Two Candidate Sites for Long‑Lost Luna 9 Flagged in LRO Images by AI and Crowdsourced Sleuthing

Higher‑resolution passes by India’s Chandrayaan‑2 in March could verify whether the newly spotted features are the 1966 lander.

AI and Crowd Sleuths Home In on Rival Sites for the Long-Lost Luna 9 Lander

NASA Repairs Artemis II Rocket After Hydrogen Leak, Eyes Early March Launch Window

NASA Begins Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal Countdown With Earliest Launch Now Feb. 8

Cold Weather Pressures Artemis II Schedule as NASA Targets Jan. 31 Wet Dress Rehearsal

Artemis II Nears Feb. 6 Launch Window as NASA Sets Early‑February Wet Dress Rehearsal

Artemis II Moon Rocket Begins Roll to Pad as NASA Opens Final Test Campaign

Startup Opens Reservations for Proposed Lunar Hotel With $250,000–$1 Million Deposits

U.S. Moves to Build Lunar Nuclear Reactor by 2030 Under NASA–DOE Pact

NASA Targets Jan. 17 Rollout as Artemis II Sets Up for Late-January Fueling Rehearsal

Russia Signs Deal to Build Lunar Power Plant by 2036

JPL Completes Launch-Stress Qualification Tests for Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 2

NASA Picks Commercial Rover to Work With Artemis IV Astronauts on the Moon

NASA Stacks Artemis II for Early February Launch as Agency Delays Artemis III and Reopens Lander Competition

NASA Taps Blue Origin to Revive VIPER Rover for 2027 Lunar South Pole Delivery

UTEP Geologist Awarded Grant to Map Moon's South Pole for Artemis

NASA Picks Blue Origin for Staged VIPER Moon Delivery Targeting 2027

NASA Blocks Chinese Nationals’ Access to Facilities, Meetings and Networks

NASA Chief Rejects Moon-Race Doubts, Vows U.S. Will Land Before China

NASA Details Artemis II Science Plan Ahead of 2026 Crewed Lunar Flyby