Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, has suggested that the company is now prioritising the Moon over Mars, with plans to help build a self-growing city on the lunar surface in less than ten ...

SpaceX is now targeting March 2027 for its first uncrewed lunar landing. Elon Musk said SpaceX now prioritizes building a self-growing city on the Moon over Mars Moon missions can launch every 10 days ...

It's an age-old debate in space circles: Should humanity's first city on another world be built on the moon, or on Mars? As recently as last year, SpaceX founder Elon Musk saw missions to the moon as ...

Every month the Moon meets Mars somewhere in the sky. Each time, it feels a little different. Context matters. The sign, the surrounding transits, the lunar phase, even what’s happening collectively — ...

While most Americans were transfixed by this year’s Super Bowl proceedings on Sunday night, Elon Musk took to X to proclaim that SpaceX would focus on building out a base on the moon before sending ...

NASA’s leadership is shaking things up, announcing a series of major changes aimed at keeping the agency on track for establishing a human presence on the Moon while getting rid of dead weight. During ...

Free-return trajectory – a path that loops around the Moon and returns to Earth without propulsion Permanently shadowed regions – areas near the lunar poles that never receive sunlight and may contain ...

Moon was a distraction and Mars the goal for billionaire SpaceX chief – could Trump have influenced his U-turn? Barely a year ago, the moon was “a distraction” to Elon Musk, the billionaire chief ...