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Building a permanent U.S. presence on the Moon

Selected to deliver first drones to the lunar surface

NASA awarded $627 million on May 27 to four U.S. companies for the first hardware of a permanent moon base. The contracts cover rovers, crewed terrain vehicles, and drones meant to land on the Moon before astronauts arrive.

Updated May 27

First radio telescope heads to Moon's far side

New Capabilities

Building and operating the Blue Ghost 2 lander

The cosmic Dark Ages were a 200-million-year stretch after the Big Bang — just hydrogen gas, no stars. No instrument has ever detected light from this period: Earth's atmosphere blocks the radio frequencies, and human electronics drown out the faint signals.

Updated May 23