While heavily modified smartphones have been to space before, NASA is planning to send almost commercial-grade phones to the Moon for the first time.

Elon Musk’s ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon.

These advancements in China’s reusable rocket and lunar exploration programs come as NASA prepares to launch a crew of four astronauts on a loop around the far side of the Moon as soon as next month. A US-made lunar lander is likely still a few years away from being ready to transport crews to and from the lunar surface.

New Delhi: At a press conference from Houston, the four astronauts picked for the Artemis II mission revealed the name they had chosen for the Orion crew capsule that will ferry them to Moon orbit and back: Integrity. In a statement, NASA explained, “The ...

Just like sea-going ships, spacecraft meant to take humans beyond the borders of our world are baptized to reflect various things. Most of us, for instance, can still vividly remember the names Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, and ...

Musk and Bezos race to build Moon cities within a decade, with SpaceX's 150-ton Starship cargo capacity challenging Blue Origin's methodical lunar strategy.

Co-host, "CBS Saturday Morning" and "CBS News 24/7 Mornings" Adriana Diaz is a co-host of "CBS Saturday Morning" and "CBS News 24/7 Mornings" on CBS News 24/7, CBS News' national free streaming news network. Tom Hanks is taking people on a virtual ride to ...