Robert “Ed” Smylie stands next to the command center used during the Apollo missions. Smylie, an MSU alumnus who played a ...

NASA is gearing up for lunar landings with Artemis by testing how powerful rocket exhausts from SpaceX and Blue Origin ...

NASA's Artemis campaign will use human landing systems, provided by SpaceX and Blue Origin, to safely transport crew to and ...

A Mississippi State alumnus who played a pivotal role in the Apollo 13 mission died on Monday. Robert ‘Ed’ Smylie was born in ...

The hybrid motor combines solid fuel with gaseous oxygen to generate a powerful exhaust stream, mimicking the conditions of a real lunar lander.

GILBERT, Ariz. — The first piece of a new space station that will orbit the moon is now sitting inside a clean room in Gilbert. NASA and Northrop Grumman unveiled the module to the public Tuesday, ...

When a lander’s engines fire to slow descent, they generate exhaust plumes capable of creating craters, destabilising the ...

NASA still has more to learn more about how the regolith and surface will be affected when a spacecraft much larger than the Apollo lunar excursion module lands, whether it's on the moon for ...

NASA researchers at Huntsville are conducting research to ensure that landings on potentially unstable lunar surface proceed ...