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From WIRED: In December 2017, roughly a year into his tenure as president, Donald Trump directed NASA to develop a plan to return American astronauts to the moon. Since then, the government has released few details about what this mission would look like. But Tuesday, at the fifth meeting of...

From SYFY Wire: The moon may look like a vast extraterrestrial desert, but on the molecular level, it has the potential to quench an astronaut’s thirst. NASA scientists have discovered how future moonwalkers can use lunar chemistry to their advantage when it comes to getting a water refill. A study...

From NASA: NASA has selected a new mission that will help scientists understand and, ultimately, forecast the vast space weather system around our planet. Space weather is important because it can have profound impacts – affecting technology and astronauts in space, disrupting radio communications and, at its most severe, overwhelming...

From NASA: NASA has selected 12 science and technology demonstration payloads to fly to the Moon as early as the end of this year, dependent upon the availability of commercial landers. These selections represent an early step toward the agency’s long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and,...

From NBC News: Before humans venture to Mars, NASA wants to send astronauts back to the moon — and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has developed a new lunar lander concept designed to shuttle space flyers between a moon-orbiting space station and the cratered surface below. Unveiled Oct. 3 at an...

From the Washington Examiner: Late last year, President Trump announced a new — and expensive — mission for NASA: Return Americans to the moon, then reach Mars and planets beyond and do it in collaboration with private-sector partnerships. The change in strategy as NASA turns 60 is reflected in both...

From NASA: Section 1 - Forward to the Moon, Mars and Beyond and Section 2 - Americans in Lunar Orbit and on the Lunar Surface are particulary relevant to NESS projects. See the full report and other sections below. Section 1 - Forward to the Moon, Mars and Beyond Section...

From the The Michigan Engineer News Center: Justin Kasper, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering at the University of Michigan, is a mission principal investigator on the Parker Solar Probe, which is scheduled for launch Aug. 11 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. “The Parker Solar Probe will help us...

From Space.com: After decades of scientific brainstorming and years of construction, NASA's Parker Solar Probe is safely on its way to flying seven times closer to the sun than any mission has before. Now that the spacecraft is finally off the ground, it won't be long before scientists can start...

From Popular Mechanics: They met with astrophysicist Jack Burns, a member of President Trump's NASA transition team, to learn alittle about what we can expect from the agency moving forward. If you feel like NASA's been in limbo lately, you're not alone. "NASA has been kind of stuck for much...