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One of the 'Most Beautiful' Meteor Showers of 2025 Just Began, According to NASA—and It Can Be Seen Across the U.S.

With moonless skies and rare glimpses of an elusive comet, the 2025 Orionid meteor shower is shaping up to be one of the best ...

Back to the moon: NASA sets February launch for first crewed lunar mission in 50 years

NASA announced a launch date for first crewed flight to the moon since 1972. The Artemis II mission will circle the moon but ...

In a race back to the moon, U.S. and China see a fast-approaching finish line

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...
Government Technology

U.S., China Still Racing to Return to the Moon

President Trump's policy in his second term has blazed a new American trail in space — and spawned an urgent race with China ...
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That Time the U.S. Planned to Nuke the Moon

During the height of the Cold War, U.S. military planners came up with an idea that seems unbelievable today: detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon. The plan wasn’t about war, but about showing ...
Space.com

'I'll be damned if that's the story we write': Acting NASA Administrator Duffy vows not to lose moon race to China

Trump's fiscal year 2026 (FY 26) budget request cut NASA's budget by a historic 24%, with 47% of funding to agency science ...

Can you see the star next to the moon, planet conjunction tonight? What to know

Did you see the bright star next to the moon? That was Venus, and part of a conjunction between the moon, Venus and the star Regulus. Will it return?

Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon.

Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon. Call it a nuclear moonshot: The U.S. aims to deliver a reactor to the lunar surface and beat a push by China and Russia to ...

Astronauts on NASA Moon Mission Aim to Make Space Great for All

In a preview of their flight, the crew of Artemis II, three Americans and a Canadian, struck a tone that veered away from the ...

NASA preps to send astronauts around the Moon as it races with China

A high-stakes race to the moon is on, and NASA doesn’t want to lose. U.S. government officials and astronauts at the Johnson ...
Times Republican

LIFE ON THE MOON: Modern Life is War releases first full-length album in over a decade, sets out on US/Europe tour

It’s good to be back — again. Over a decade after reuniting to record “Fever Hunting” in 2013, Modern Life Is War — the ...

Kite & Key Media: The U.S. vs. China, The New Space Race

The world is entering its second age of exploration, this one in outer space. But there’s one big question: Will America get left behind? In the 21st century, America has seen enormous technological ...