Inside NASA’s scramble to find a backup moon plan — and the wild ideas companies are pitching

As NASA’s moon-landing plans with SpaceX hang in the balance, other bold ideas are quietly starting to take shape.

After NASA pressure, SpaceX promises speedier timeline for Starship moon lander

SpaceX posted a response to criticisms of delays in its Starship program from NASA acting Administrator Sean Duffy.
Scientific American

NASA’s Moon Race Looks like a Losing Bet

Former NASA officials warn that the U.S. looks poised to lose its self-declared race to beat China to the moon

NASA's Space Launch System rocket for moon-bound Artemis II mission fully stacked at Kennedy Space Center

Despite the ongoing government shutdown, NASA did manage to complete a major milestone in its effort to send astronauts back to the moon.
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NASA Says There’s Ice on the Moon, but We’ve Been Digging in the Wrong Craters

For over a decade, the idea of lunar water ice has fueled mission designs and space agency roadmaps. The permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) at the Moon’s poles, so cold they haven’t seen sunlight for billions of years,
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Watch NASA's Artemis 1 Spacecraft, Moon and Earth In Same Shot During Close Approach

See footage Orion Spacecraft, moon and Earth shortly before its "outbound powered flyby burn". Orion was less than 2000 miles away from the moon and over 200,000 miles away from Earth. Credit: Credit: NASA / edited by Space.
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